Sanderling

[denise ippolito]

I added a high-key look and a painted effect.

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful base image and nice PP here
TFS

[Dave Mills]

Very nice job on this with a graphic quality...

[James Boland]

I took some Sanderling photos this week and was wondering how to make them a little different. Thanks for thinking OOTB!

[denise ippolito]

Thanks guys I appreciate it.
James, Feel free to post a few here if you do any work to them. I'd love to see them.

[Dave Phillips]

beautiful image, love the foamy surf.....to me, the sanderling itself seems
a bit two dimensional, without shape. Really like the bit of leg detail

[Indranil Sircar]

Beautiful image, Denise. Love the painted effect on the waves. excellent pp.

[denise ippolito]

beautiful image, love the foamy surf.....to me, the sanderling itself seems
a bit two dimensional, without shape. Really like the bit of leg detail

Dave, I'll see what I can do to give it more dimension. Thanks for your help.

Thanks Indranil, I appreciate the feedback.

[Christopher Miller]

Very nice image with soft colors. I like the waves behind the bird. Agree with Dave's point.

[denise ippolito]

See if this is better. I removed most of the outline and shaded around the underside just a tiny bit.

[Christopher Miller]

Looks better to me, Denise!

[Patti Edens]

In flipping back and forth, I like the second one better too. But I loved the first one before I ever saw the second one. I like the simplicity of the bird, some sand and wonderfully foamy wave action. The bird seems to be posing for you, trying to communicate with you in some way.

[denise ippolito]

Thanks Christopher and Patti, I appreciate the feedback.

[John Ippolito]

Denise, I really like this one. The cocked head, and that seafoam look to the surf really brings this image to life. I liked the oiginal just fine until I saw the repost! The PP is very pro. Excellent image!

[Dave Phillips]

great IMO, the removal of that outline is a tremendous boost to the IQ

[denise ippolito]

Thanks John and Dave, I appreciate the feedback.
Dave , Thanks for your help.