The Great Headed Oystercatcher

[Dave Mills]

This rare bird was photographed at Nickerson Beach
Selected head and enlarged. The eye was enlarged separately. Used PB and Topaz Detail

[Cheryl Slechta]

Dave, nice capture and I love the Topaz effect. The head's a bit creepy

[Dave Woeller]

Oh No !! another new species. Very clever work and nicely blended.

[Kerry Perkins]

Dave, this is slightly disturbing, which I find very appealing! Nice job with the transformation and of course the original capture.

[John Storjohann]

Dave, did you channel Hitchcock on this one (let's see if you get the film reference...). Beautiful processing...slightly scary head...lol...beautiful colors, tight composition. Maybe a bit more room at the top and on the left?

[Dave Mills]

Thanks for the comments. I started doing caricature like images of people with big heads and small bodies and then wondered what a bird would look like. Yes, it is a bit disturbing....