Sandhill texture

This is a slightly cropped closeup of a preening Sandhill Crane. I ran an illustration action on a sharpened version. Love that action!:D

Dan, I like the illustration action used here.The monochromatic tones are lovely. Very interesting abstract -could also look good as a horizontal-well done!

Hi Dan,
I like the composition, image and capture...I like the monochrome contrast and the layering of the feathers...it has a good feel to it...congrats...:cool:

Hi Dan...I like this very much. How do get the illustration action?

big fan of the illustrated look myself. and this is really nice. i wonder what a little more saturation would make this look like....?

I love the illustrated look as well and it works great here. For me, I'd give the image a quarter turn CCW and have the feathers going up and down instead of sideways - but that's simply a personal opinion.

Hi Dan - nice one -- lots of detail and the illustration effect works well.
:)