By the balls
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Comment by RamblinR:
Would have like to have seen the second ball slightly sharper. Maybe the first ball would have worked better. Nice shot and composition otherwise.9

Entrance for the final exit
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Comment by bmartuch:
Very nice simple shot. I like the way the pillars bow out.

By the balls
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Comment by Retroesque:
Great colour and depth of field

Market Derby
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Comment by jaysonmc:
Hmmm, this shot gives me ideas. I love when a shot does this. With a long focal length, an extremely long exposure (5 seconds or so), and keeping the panning on the cart the whole time I bet this would be tremendous. High speed background motion, perfectly focused cart, blurrly legs.... I might have to try this. Probably take a few hundred shots to get the cart in sharp focus for that long of an exposure. Three different senses of motion. A little off the critiquing really but just rambling things as they come to mind...

Great ideas come from the simpliest photos.

As for the photo itself in this challenge, I think it was a great idea just a bit hard to sell to the motion panning voters. Exposure was good, angle was terrific, and the technique of panning was strong (but short lived).

"One cannot look upon nature without being reminded of something peculiar and beautiful"
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Comment by noraneko:
Even as I voted, I was reminded of Melethia's abstract pigeons, but thought it surely was a coincidence manufactured by my pointy little brain. But no - it was intentional, after all! Frankly the two photos would look excellent hanging in tandem in a little gallery somewhere. Deb's reminds me of whirling bits of Swedish glass, and yours reminds me of flying pieces of bronze and gold. It's the contrast in seeming weight and heft that make these two photos so interesting to me on a side-by-side basis. Anyway, love them both.

"One cannot look upon nature without being reminded of something peculiar and beautiful"
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Comment by mist:
I think this is a great shot. The timing is good, and the colours are well-captured. The only thing that takes away from it in my view is the one bird top-right that is way in the foreground compared to the others in that section of the shot. Were it not for that bird I think it would be even better.

"One cannot look upon nature without being reminded of something peculiar and beautiful"
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Comment by Melethia:
Thanks for the compliment!! I'm quite flattered and I'm very delighted with the result you got. I know I hate it when people say this but it really is woefully underrated. I love the golden tones of the wings and the cacophony of flight you can almost hear from this photograph. Lovely photograph!

"One cannot look upon nature without being reminded of something peculiar and beautiful"
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Comment by skewsme:
Excellent coloration and complication!

On the edge of paradise
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Comment by jaysonmc:
Beautiful colors going on here. The lighting you captures is surperb. I love the lines you created with the grass it moves your eye throughout the frame but leads you to the upper right which circles distract a bit. Though I think that has more to do with the actual lens in this case, because I think the use of depth you were use was a good idea. Focus is great. A really nice capture.

"One cannot look upon nature without being reminded of something peculiar and beautiful"
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Comment by Marjo:
Amazing capture. Great title!