pins
by ursula

Comment by Louison:
It's all in the way one chooses to show things. You made this very interesting and visually appealing.

pins
by ursula

Comment by inspir8tion:
Very nice colors and close up!

pins
by ursula

Comment by brianlh:
very nice abstract - thought perhaps could've been even stronger in a close-to-square format in which the bottom metal piece exits at the bottom-right corner?

pins
by ursula

Comment by Jutilda:
Very nice macro. Unusual take. I love your imagination and the contrast between the yellow of the wood and the blue of the background. Also the cool of the gray/black springs and the warm of the wood. Really good.

flying free
by ursula

Comment by ursula:
Hi, thank you!

@skiprow - simple panning: I set the camera to Shutter Priority, set the shutter speed to 1/30 sec, manually focused on the girl/swing. Then I got the girl swinging, started following the movement with my camera trying to keep her hed in my view all the time. Then depress the shutter while panning (moving the camera at the same speed as the swing).

Very little post-processing: cropped a bit, worked on histogram/curves to get the colours a bit more vibrant, resized, sharpened, applied a light noise remover (very light) overall to smoothen the whole thing.

Hope that helps!

flying free
by ursula

Comment by Jutilda:
Congrats on the top 20. I loved the playfulness of this shot and gave it a high score. Way to go!!

flying free
by ursula

Comment by Skip:
very, very nice...however...this shot BEGS FOR SOME PHOTOG NOTES!!! how did you do this?

flying free
by ursula

Comment by graphicfunk:
Congratulations on your top Twenty finish. Breathtaking in every way and good camera skills.

flying free
by ursula

Comment by Bear_Music:
I expected a higher finish for this wonderful shot. Congrats on top 20.

flying free
by ursula

Comment by RulerZigzag:
great effect...6