Pelican Art

The original image was taken just before sunrise, under dull light. The pelicans were very close; this is full width at 300mm but cropped to pano. I used Topaz Impression to create a painterly feel to the image. In his last post, Floyd Hopper asked if this kind of manipulation was a gimmick to save a poor image. In this case, yes, I used the filters to save an image taken in poor light with some focus issues, but hopefully at the same time created a pleasing image. C&C always welcome and appreciated.