American Bittern

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Sony A850~Sony 70-400G@400mm~ISO3200~1/1600ec~F7.1~manual exposure~overcast~HH~2-16-2011~Brazos Bend State Park, Texas~CS5-Topaz-Adjust4 and Clean3

Used pixel bender for background, Topaz for subject. No need mentioning HA, I know.
comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill

my website (http://avianimagesource.com)

[Chris Hansen]

William, I like the bird and the background a lot. I personally would like to see the leaves darkened a bit. A very cool image.
chris

[denise ippolito]

Bill, I like the effect very much. The raised foot and intense look add to the image. I think you did a nice job highlighting the bird from the environment.

[Brendan Dozier]

This looks great Bill! The PB texture really seems to compliment the texture and details of the bird. Love the pose you captured too. I'm wondering if you may want to experiment some more with the leaves FG section. Maybe masking that from the PB treatment as well as darkening.

[Indranil Sircar]

Beautiful effect, Bill. Love the raised foot and those claws. The effect on the bg is terrific!

[Christopher Miller]

Excellent image, Bill. Love the pose and details on the bird, and the PB effect on the BG. I think, in this case, the "off" HA works just fine. Nice work! :S3:

[Andrew McLachlan]

Bill, I love the effect you created here, looks great!