Theme: Sunrise on Merganser in the Cypress

[Patti Edens]

I played with the lighting to emphasize the sunlight coming in, ran an Orton, blended with a little DAP Realism to punch up the colors and then added more saturation and finished with some canvas texture. There were a few little tweaks here and there with dogde/burn and selective sharpening.

[Dave Phillips]

love the light on the cypress.
Merganser is nice without being too dominant

[Desmond Chan]

I like the texture, the light and the overall mood of this image. It does look a bit busy for me though.

[denise ippolito]

Patti, Awesome reflection and the sunlight is lovely. Very nicely rendered. I like the color tones and feel to this one.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and appliccation, Patti.

Maybe a "little bit larger bird", but still very nice image.

[Christopher Miller]

I like the lighting, colors, and effect, Patti; but looks a bit busy for my taste, particularly the top of the image with all branches.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Patti - I love the lighting and reflections. Nice!

[Patti Edens]

Thanks to all. It was a cold, magical morning at Caddo Lake. The sunrise was beautiful.

Christopher and Desmond, I agree that it is too busy at the top. I'm not quite sure how to fix it, but maybe de-emphasis of the branches by burning them in.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Maybe if you cropped a little off the top Patti it would de-emphasize the busyness? Anyways I like this image.