Armadillo

SonyA700~Sony70-400G@400mm~ISO1250~F5.6~1/400 sec~manual exposure~HH~1-6-2010~Memorial Park, Houston, Texas~CS4/Redfield Fractalius
Since this is Bird Photographers.net I generally stick to birds... but for a change of pace here is an armadillo. A bit of fractalius on the subject and compositing with a close up of the armadillo skin from another photo, with fractalius and a difference merge for the background.
Dedicated to my old buddy Dave Phillips, who introduced us to Fractalius, and I sincerely hope he is feeling better.
comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill

Bill, I know Dave will love this when he sees it. I like the head angle and the cute ears. Kinda has a stained glass look in the BG.

Very cool. Look like he's underwater. I love seeing these guys. They are making a comeback.

Nice effect, Bill. Great subject and I like the colors. TFS.

a fascinating mix of colors and shapes Bill. Really well done :)

Bill, I love this and I know Dave will also. The bg patterns turned out really neat:)