Wood Duck

Reminds me of an abalone shell. Beautiful color and abstract image. I thought with the colors it might be a wood duck. I like the neutral BG.

That poor duck!! I don't know what to say! Different, that's for sure! Makes an interesting abstract!

Ahhh, swirled wood duck. Isn't that a gourmet dish served in high end chinese restaurants. Nice image and fun concept.

And the piece de resistance, melt in your mouth duck. Ok enough foolishness.... This is really stretching the boundaries Lucy, but the colors and the motion are great. It's nice to have a forum we can really let our creativity run wild eh?

Paul

Thanks Paul, for recognizing my portrayal of the duck's seamless sense of movement in the water. He's twirling, because he's happy to be so pretty

A number of members have told me that I'm stretching the boundaries
...I hope, in a good way..... I like to surprise everybody with my own artistic "twist".
And though the result may or may not be good.....know that I'm having great fun with both the art and WC galleries!!!

Any creative ideas or critiques are welcomed
I've got a BIG learning curve to reach the high standard set by so many great photographers! So, please give me as many pointers as you can!

Looks like the evil duck from Terminator 2.

Lucy,

I meant stretching the boundaries in a good way, and I appreciate having the photo Art gallery to let our creativity run amok. well not amok, but a little woolly and wild. It's a very creative image.

Paul

Paul, I knew you liked it. I think everybody should look outside the box from time to time....although I do admit to going "wild" more than most and, I agree, this poor duck is gong to have a heck or a backache tomorrow! Maybe, he'll join the CIRQUE DU SOLEIL!

Now this is just ducky Lucy. Great work.
Bob

I have no idea how you did this, but I really like it. The colors make it absolutely recognizable as a wood duck, and combined with the "liquid" effect it makes a great nature abstract. How did you do it?

Thanks everybody! I think I may be better at art, than with realism..........I KNOW I don't have the lenses for Avian....wish I did!

Michele...I don't really know an exact formula, because I was tinkering late at night. But I can come close... I don't know which order I did these.....

I played with only the PSE distortion tools. I did not use twirl, because it made him get skinny like a corkscrew.

I used the spherical tool three ways....normally, vertically and horiz.
Somewhere in the middle...maybe a couple of times, I used the polar co-ordinates distortion...from rectangular to polar only.

The polar co. made the the little whirlpool in the middle...I smudged ,cloned out, or liquified the the vertical line. Don't remember.


The polar co. distortion also gave it that subtle "spray" pattern in each of the corners. The last step was my "artistic" finger painting with the liquid distortion tool.

From there, you're on you're own. Sorry, I could not give you the order of my machinations. Like I said, it was late, I was tired, and I had fun!

Thanks again everybody for the encouragement to keep "goofing off"

Very creative and a wonderful image. I also see a exquisite belt buckle design.