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Heron

by Pete D

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted August 25, 2008942 views12 comments
Minor crop, major photoshopping.....

Pete D.


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Thanks for your comments and questions. I answered the questions by e-mail.

I was happily surprised to get an Editor's Pick award. I consider the branch an important part of this, but I think it is good advice to eliminate the merge between the bird and the branch. Now, if I could only remember how I background....

Comments

12 comments
Comment posted by David W. Kelly on August 26, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Pete this is Outstanding. Love the silouette. :toast:
Registered on October 7, 2005, 883 Posts, 6590 Comments
Comment posted by Praveen Unni on August 27, 2008 at 1:36 AM
This is awesome..thanks for sharing this Pete... :toast:
Registered on March 20, 2006, 149 Posts, 416 Comments
Comment posted by Matt Wilson on August 27, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Nice color choices for the background. What tool did you use to isolate the bird/tree?
Registered on March 1, 2008, 13 Posts, 35 Comments
Comment posted by bill meikle on August 27, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Pete, looks really good, I like the colors and the comp. I haven't seen a moon like this before so I think its very creative. I might trim the branch back a little that is touching the birds wing unless it was a deliberate feature of the image.
Registered on May 21, 2006, 173 Posts, 663 Comments
Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on August 27, 2008 at 7:15 PM
Fantastic illustration, Pete! Love it.
This is really the fussiest little nittiest nit: how about clicking the cloner a few times around where the tree twigs catch the edge of the bird's wing? Still love it!
Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments
Comment posted by Nathan Buck on August 29, 2008 at 4:05 PM
Very cool Pete! I love the simplicity.

Nathan
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments
Comment posted by David Cobb on August 31, 2008 at 5:27 PM
This is great Pete, love what you've done with the minor crop and major photoshopping.

David M. Cobb
Registered on December 14, 2007, 312 Posts, 3243 Comments
Comment posted by Carol Hyman on September 1, 2008 at 11:33 AM
Japanese art and totally gorgeous, Pete.

Carol
Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments
Comment posted by Bertl Menegoni on September 3, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Outstanding Pete, I like the comp and the tones,
:wavey:
Bertl
Registered on November 19, 2007, 24 Posts, 265 Comments
Comment posted by Alan Bryant on September 6, 2008 at 9:37 AM
Fantastic image.

Love it well done :toast: :toast:
Registered on March 31, 2006, 473 Posts, 1081 Comments
Comment posted by Paul Wegemann on September 6, 2008 at 12:28 PM
An outstanding piece of art you've created here, Pete. I could also see this working without the branch.
Registered on December 14, 2006, 58 Posts, 1888 Comments
Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on September 6, 2008 at 9:56 PM
Congratulations on the EP! Wonderful style that has great impact.
Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments