After the Bath

[Judy Howle]

I love this photo of a bluebird after bathing in my bird bath. I used Pixel Bender and Topaz Adjust on the bird and added 2 textures and an edge effect and masked the bird quite a bit so not much of the texture showed on it.

[denise ippolito]

Judy, I love it's drenched little body! Very cute. I might adda touch more sharpening to the face if it were mine. Nicely captured!!:S3:

[Judy Howle]

Thanks Denise. I sharpened the whole bird.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Judy, the repost looks great with the additional sharpening. Love the pose and the perch too! Nice work!

[Christopher Miller]

Very nice, Judy! The additional sharpening looks great. I love the textured BG and the painted look of the bird and perch. :S3:

[Judy Howle]

Thanks Andrew and Christopher!

[Indranil Sircar]

Love the effect, Judy. This is an excellent use of texture and filter... feels like a storybook illustration! Excellent work.

[Paul Lagasi]

A great little spring bird, when these guys show up, good weather usually follows. Repost is nice. Well done, nice processing and texture, like the painting like look.....TFS, Judy

[Judy Howle]

Thanks Indranil and Paul!

[Steve Adkins]

Judy, Love the unique look! Great technique and a precious (wet) subject. :S3:

[Kerry Perkins]

Judy, this is really cute and the sharpening was going to be my only suggestion. I just love birds when they get wet like this. What was the background here? It is really nice and I love the texture. Very nice.