This photograph has been one of my favorites since I discovered it in a folder from Nickerson Beach, Long Island some time ago.  It was early morning, near sunrise, when this photo was taken, and the low light levels meant that freezing the action of the flying Black Skimmers I had gone to photograph was near impossible.  So instead, I experimented with the opposite approach, using a low ISO and shutter speed along with a panning technique to produce some soft, pan blur images of the birds in flight.

I lost the old processed version of this image when my hard drive died, so I had to reprocess it.  I think I made this one a little bolder than the original, with more contrast and brighter colors.  Hopefully I haven’t overdone it and ruined the softness of the image.  What do you think?