Juvenile Cara Cara

[Dave Mills]

Shot this in Texas a few years back. Mild PB,Nik vignette,topaz detail

[John Ippolito]

Dave, you have captured and created a beautiful, soft pastel vision of this Cara Cara. Nice comp and colors. I've never tried the white vignette on the Nik CE, it works quite nicely on this piece. Lovely image. BTW, what is PB?

[Judy Howle]

Excellent filter work on the cara cara Dave. The colors are very nice and I think the vignette works well.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hi, John, PB is Pixel Bender, a free Adobe plug-in for CS5. One of the filter options is Oil Paint with a lot of sliders that vary the look. I don't have CS6 but they have an Oil Paint filter which looks to me like it is similar.

Dave, you have captured and created a beautiful, soft pastel vision of this Cara Cara. Nice comp and colors. I've never tried the white vignette on the Nik CE, it works quite nicely on this piece. Lovely image. BTW, what is PB?

[Cheryl Slechta]

Dave, a really nice base image, I love the pose and the vignette works well with it.

[Dave Mills]

Thanks folks...appreciate the comments

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Dave, I think this is one of your best. The subject, vignette, pastel colors, PB, and background with flowers all come together to form a great image!

[John Storjohann]

Dave, I really like this...did you try playing with the opacity within the NIK vignette when applied? Just a thought..a fade to white blend of pastels might also be an interesting touch...thinking out loud!...strong image, well composed, with a striking subject.

[Anita Bower]

What a striking pose for this striking bird. Wonderful! I like the processing and the vignette, which causes me to focus right on the bird.

[Paul Lagasi]

Haven't been around much but this image caught my eye...lovely work.