Blue Blur painting - NN as effect

I got this GBH flying away from me, so thought I would do something different with it.

I ran the Noise Ninja plug-in five times with the same settings, which softened the local contrast. Then I did two rounds of smart sharpen, which enhanced the strongest edges, and tweaked the colors with H/S. I think I ended up with a style that looks like a painting. :cool:

Kerry, I does look like a painting! Well done. I think you could add an eye to him if you wanted and a slight cw rotation.But you don;t have to do either. I like the color saturation on your GBH

You got an water color effect that is very becoming to the scene. I love experimenting too, so kudos for trying something new :)

Hey Kerry,
I like it as presented...good show...:cool:

Great effect, Kerry. I love how the white face is right against that burst of blue wing. Beautiful!