Orton Attempts

StueveShots

Okay...I am inspired to at least give this a shot. Last night, I wandered around my property and I tried to see what I could do with the motion effect. Please let me know what you think! Do any of the images have potential?

(Funny thing: I have terrible vision and so usually struggle to make things as sharp as they should be...but this time 'round I kept looking at things on my screen and wasn't sure if they were as blurred as they should be! Kind of gives me a headache...but I am having fun playing around.)

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sapphire73

So glad you found time to play with this challenge! As you know, the response to shots for this challenge are very subjective. I like all of them and the colors in #1 and #2 are refreshingly different, but my favorite is #3. Having seen a fair number of motion effect shots, I am drawn to those that hint at shapes and this one worked for me. I took several shots (of flowers) similar to #4 and felt like they made me a bit "dizzy" so I'm not as drawn to that one even though it is well done. With the first two, I wonder whether it would help to use levels on them (if you haven't), increase the contrast, or just brighten them a bit? Good luck with this!

cbbr

I like #3. It has great "windy" look.

WhatSheSaw

#3! It reminds me of horsetail ferns.

kdotaylor

I'm also really liking the colors/patterns in #3.

DsrtVW

3 is nice I am drawn to the #1