Painted Great Blue Heron

[Maureen Allen]

Found this lovely lady early yesterday waiting on the nest for her mate to return. I used 2 layers of Pixel Bender/Oil Paint, reducing the opacity on the second layer and masked the eye to retain some detail there.

[Christopher Miller]

Very lovely painted effect, Maureen! It looks superb. :S3: I love the colors and pose. I think the eye could just a little a more detail. Nice work!

[Brendan Dozier]

Looks great Maureen, and the PB oil works well. Like the pose and comp, and the foilage looks good too. I agree with Christopher regarding trying to get a bit more detail on eye.
Nicely done!

[Kerry Perkins]

Really lovely image Maureen. The bright, cheerful colors of the bg make a nice contrast for the muted colors of the heron. I like the way the palm fronds frame the bird and anchor the image. For the eye, you might try darkening the pupil and saturating the iris. Nice one!

[denise ippolito]

Maureen, Nice effect from the filter. I like the colors and the pose. I do wish the bird were angled a bit more towards us but you did a great job w/ the layers and revealing some of the eye.:S3:

[Steve Adkins]

Maureen, I love the shadow detail and the painterly effect you achieved with PB-Oil. Great job! :S3:

[Paul Lagasi]

Maureen I like the image as is, has a little Audubon-like look to it, very nice effect. I agree with above about the eye, it needs work but this is a keeper.

[Judy Howle]

Very nice use of Pixel Bender. I really like the pose and palm fronds.

[Maureen Allen]

Thank you for the comments :S3:

I will work on the eye and see if I can bring out more detail there.

[Indranil Sircar]

Beautiful composition, Maureen. It does have a bit of Audubon look! Getting the eye details would be nice. TFS.