Competition entry: Sparrow in MidAir Turn
Sparrow in MidAir Turn by Kristie Lawrence
2014 October Competition - B Creative
28 points
Judges' comments:
Like object placements; soft and moody; eye is drawn to the lighter area on top
Maker's notes:

The 3 sparrows on the right side are the same sparrow caught in a midair 180 degree turn to land on an empty spot on the feeder. Using high speed shots (no tripod) caught a sparrow making a tight turn. Took 3 of the images and manually overlaid them. Then blocked out backgrounds on of the photos around the sparrow. I kept the background on the one with the sparrow landing on the feeder. Lastly, a quarter of the sky was a boring white so blurred some of it, cloned some of it, and just painted in some of the colors found in other areas to get a get rid of the patch of white sky.