Indigo Bunting

[Bill Dix]

I looked through some images from the past few weeks to see if any might lend themselves to an Oil Paint filter, and thought this one might be worth a shot. What do you think. (I know the bird is centered, but to do otherwise would cut off the flow of the leaves.)

[Cheryl Slechta]

Bill, I don't mind the centered composition - the bunting is beautiful - I like the PB effect especially on the bird. Sometimes I will brush out a little more of the effect on the background but that's a matter of personal taste. You might want to eliminate the black spot on the leaf in the front. Nice job

[John Storjohann]

Bill, I'm with Cheryl...I love the effect on the bird, but, to my eye at least, it's a bit of a distraction in the BG; masking and brushing out some of it might strengthen the image. If it were mine, I might use the crop tool and the Fill->Content Aware to add a bit of canvas to the LHS that is simply that beautifully hued green BG...just a thought. Nice image!

[denise ippolito]

Bill, great advice already given. Love the original capture and the comp.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks, all, for the helpful comments. I'll admit that I thought the bg was a little over-filtered.

[Hazel Grant]

ok, now I'm jealous. I've been trying to get the indigo bunting "living" in my friend's yard for weeks now and all I can get is a beautiful blue blur. Congrats on catching this one. I do think the BKgrd is a bit strong, though.