Sea Shells on the...... mud flats?

[James Boland]

Photo taken at Fort DeSoto Park last weekend with Al and Fabs leading the way. These two shells caught my eye. The mud flats weren't very inviting so I applied Fractalius to the mix. I used the Glow 50 filter. I adjusted the opacity and fill so as to give the appearance of sparkling water covering the scene. I did erase the effect from the two shells. C and C welcomed.

Jim

[Alfred Forns]

Sea shells got fract !!! Dreamy feel Like it a lot Jim !!!! Might take a tad of the top !!! ....good use of layer mask !!! :) .... have you warmed up from the lagoon :)

[James Boland]

I haven't worn my long johns since I got home!:D

[Christopher Miller]

Hi Jim, Nice subject and colors. Love the frac effect on the mud, adds a nice shine to the image. I think the composition might be stronger if you cropped some off the bottom and cloned out the yellow spot in the LLC.

[James Boland]

Is this what you had in mind?

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Yes I think the repost looks much better.

[James Boland]

Thanks.

[denise ippolito]

James, Really cool effect and the subjects seem to be more of the focal point w/ the newer crop- I think if it were mine I might take some off the top as Alfred suggested and clone the yellow spot as Christopher mentioned. Either way very neat image. I love the sparkling water look.:)

[Paul Lagasi]

Repost rocks..oops shells...no rocks...very nicely done, frac really makes it

[Myer Bornstein]

I like the repost better very nice photo

[Christopher Miller]

Nice work on the repost, Jim. :)

[Fabs Forns]

To my taste, the repost is too centered and shells too dominant. I'd love the original, with less room on top and the whatever yellow thing cloned out. The fracted water is a very important element here and I don't want to loose so much of it in favor of the shells. Matter of taste, of course :)
I owe you an e-mail, coming later or tomorrow ;)

[James Boland]

Thanks to all for your comments and suggestions. The Fract effect sure makes things interesting.