Flying by the seat of my pants

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

"Flying by the seat of my pants" or "The Blind leading the Blind"

First I took a colorful Broad-billed Hummingbird with a blue backgound, took it into ACDsee 14,
Clicked Special effects>Weave>Saved.
Then opened Weave in CS5 Filter>Distort>Twirl>Strength.295 which I repeated 5X>Saved Ctrlt J
Duplicated. Opened Violet-crowned Hummingbird that I had already added a flower over a feeder,
resized it smaller & moved it onto my weave background, cut it ou using Eraser & BG Eraser to suit.
Then minor enhancements, minor Curves & smart sharpening>Saved.
Opened ACDsee again>Borders>clicked blue in BG to select color of border>Adjusted Drop Shadow>Saved
Opened in CS5, added Sig (All files had been saved in PDF to preserve layers) Clicked File>Save Web and Device>
Saved as JPG to BPN accepted Quality & Size.

All comments welcome & appreciated

The OOTB Mad Painter aka Gus

[denise ippolito]

Gus, This image shows that you are willing to take risks with your art. Nice job with this creation. I love the woven look to the background.:S3:

[Indranil Sircar]

Gus, I love the artwork! You are certainly pushing the boundary and it is just great! Great choice of colors and effect. Nicely done!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Gus, I love these extra creative hummingbirds you are coming up with. The blue-woven background here is very cool. Nicely done!