Out of the Box Image of the Week John Ippolito for week ending 7/29/2011 - Arctic Tern Fresco

[Daniel Cadieux]

Congratulations for having your beautiful artwork as OOTB IOTW!!

Arctic Tern Fresco.
Base layer with a fresco texture, Tern image blended in with bird painted through, Nik filters: tonal contrast, darken/lighten center, glamour glow, Indian summer - each on its own layer with varying opacity.
The original image was plagued with a featureless sky

[Harshad Barve]

Congratulations John

[Brendan Dozier]

Congratulations, John, very nicely done!

[Cheryl Slechta]

John, congratulations! This is a beautiful image:S3:

[John Ippolito]

Wow, this is always an honor!

Sorry for the late response, but I am in the Capetown airport ready to return home after being out of touch for a full month.
Thank you all fso much or your kind comments!

[denise ippolito]

Awesome image and processing! Big congratulations! I just got back from Alaska!! Whoo hoo!:S3:

[John Ippolito]

Awesome image and processing! Big congratulations! I just got back from Alaska!! Whoo hoo!:S3:

Thanks, Denise for the kind words.
Well it sounds as if you you had a great time here - eagles and Kachemak bay were probably on your itinerary in October/November. It would be great to meet up next time!

[denise ippolito]

Definitely! Maybe see more of Alaska:S3:

[Indranil Sircar]

Congratulations John! Excellent composition.