Out of the Box IOTW 2/26/10 Dave Woeller

Congratulations Dave Woeller
Fun With Filters

I had this image in my toss out file but thought I might salvage something with some filter work. I started by adding a flood filter below the bulkhead since it was just an expanse of concrete. I then used fractalious starting with the BW sketch 3 preset, but raised the saturation just a touch. The egret was way too tight on the top, so I added canvas (maybe coulda used more) and cloned in some backround. I then used masks on the eyes, beak, and feet to bring back some detail there. This resulted in a bit more color coming back, so I masked the backround a bit and felt the touch of color pulled the image together. So now I'm ready for comments and suggestions. Thanks to all for all the help you give.


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Wonderful effect! Big Congrats!!:)

Nicely done Dave!

Wow! What an honor. I truly have to say that any success that I have is in large part to the help and inspiration of the many fine photographers I have met here. Thanks to all of you.

Big Congrats Dave!!

Beautiful, Dave, congrats!

Congratulations, Dave!

Congrats Dave, great frac!:cool:

Thank you everyone once again for the kind words, encouragement, and inspiration.

Congrats Dave, a wonderful image.

Congratulations Dave

Thank you all !