The Joy Of Flying

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted January 29, 20079,712 views30 comments

This is an image of a female Mallard I took about a year ago. The original is not so special so I started playing with it. I added a little Twirl and a little of this and that with Lens Flare added for effect.

Most of us who love birds envy their ability to fly. I created this image to show the shear joy that I would experience if I could fly like a bird.

All comments are most welcome.

Comments

30 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 29, 2007 at 2:36 AM

Ed: Thoroughly cool. Eye candy. >=))>

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on January 29, 2007 at 5:43 AM

Very creative image Ed, I like it a lot.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on January 29, 2007 at 7:18 AM

What an abstract! Brings back pleasant memories of flying kites on the beach when I was a kid. Colorful, playful and completely captivating.

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on January 29, 2007 at 8:33 AM

Ed very cool.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on January 29, 2007 at 8:34 AM

Ed, this is an amazing image. The play on circles, the color and bg all work together beautifully.

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Comment posted by David Weber on January 29, 2007 at 8:57 AM

You nicely convey the feeling of joy, Ed. I like your creative choice of filters.

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Comment posted by Keith A Anderson on January 29, 2007 at 1:03 PM

Hmmmm. Someone has extra time on his hands

That said, this is really cool and definitely does what you set out to do. I would never have guessed a mallard was your starting point!

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Comment posted by Kevin Thompson on January 30, 2007 at 2:04 AM

Very cool Ed

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 30, 2007 at 3:40 AM

the wonder of this image is your imagination! And what you managed to do with an ordinary shot of a Mallard! This is really fine!

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Comment posted by George Hall, Jr on January 30, 2007 at 7:18 PM

Great work Ed! Very creative and colorful. Wonderful image. Well Done

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Comment posted by renae sandberg on January 30, 2007 at 8:00 PM

I LOVE it.

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Comment posted by Mike Moats on February 2, 2007 at 2:36 PM

Very cool treatment Ed.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on February 5, 2007 at 7:16 PM

Ed, well done. Congratulations on being picked for the week.

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Comment posted by Dale Williams on February 5, 2007 at 9:48 PM

Wow, this is cool ! I like this alot. Congrats on the EP for the week. Well deserved!

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Comment posted by Ganesh H Shankar on February 6, 2007 at 9:44 AM

Hmm! Interesting

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Comment posted by Henie Reisinger on February 7, 2007 at 2:17 PM

How creatively ingenius of you! Playful freedom, indeed!

~Henie~

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on February 8, 2007 at 11:43 PM

HI Ed,

Someone here at NPN recently said and I'm paraphrasing ... "If you don't have the perfect shot, play with it."

And you proved his point.

Great composition.

Carol Hyman
http://hy-tec-training.com

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on February 11, 2007 at 6:47 PM

Ed, I saw your name under the EP slection area here for Photo Art and just had to take a look. This is an amazing scene. I really like the entire idea with the duck and flare too. Looks great, and congratulations on your EP selection here.

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Comment posted by Ed Cordes on February 12, 2007 at 9:28 AM

Thanks to all who commented on this image. I have been out of town on vacation and just opened my email to learn of the Moderators' Pick. The image was fun to do since it meant kind of letting go for a while!

Thanks again.

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Comment posted by Robert N Covell on February 14, 2007 at 11:45 AM

Hi Ed, I'm a late comer to this one but I just had to tell you that it's beautiful. Maybe I lean a little to the right-brain side

good for me! but whenever I get time to browse NPN, Photo Art is always my first stop; and I'm a real sucker for an image like this. I'd hang this in my home for sure.

Bob

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Comment posted by Carsten Ranke on August 31, 2007 at 5:05 AM

Very good photoart, an ingenious visualisation of your idea !

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on December 31, 2007 at 6:03 PM

Spectacular Ed - Congratulations on the annual EP too. Great work.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on January 1, 2008 at 8:11 AM

Congratulations on your EP Annual Award. Well deserved.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on January 1, 2008 at 8:39 AM

The editors were right on with this pick. CONGRATULATIONS! Liked it before and still think it is outstanding.

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on January 1, 2008 at 12:14 PM

Congrats on your well deserved EP, Ed. Amazing work.

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Comment posted by Jose Suro on January 1, 2008 at 7:33 PM

What a gorgeous image! Congratulations on a very well deserved Annual EP!

All the best,

Jose

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 1, 2008 at 8:38 PM

Neat stuff. Congrats on the 2007 EP.

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on January 2, 2008 at 10:12 AM

I have seen that you take splendid photos of all natural subjects but now I admire also a beautiful artistic image. Wonderful picture Ed, no wander for the award.
Have a great 2008 year!

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Comment posted by George Hall, Jr on January 5, 2008 at 7:10 PM

Congratulations on the well deserved 2007 EP of the year!!

Beautiful image very creative.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 3, 2012 at 9:25 AM

Congrats on this WP Ed, very creative and great interest

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