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I like the black silhouettes against the beautiful sky. The textures create a colorful and interesting sky, which I love. The similar but slightly different poses of the herons are a nice play on shape. I would remove the two branches along bottom that don't have a bird perched on them--to my eye, they are distracting. I've never used the Threshold filter. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. You did a great job with it.
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Hi Jackie- the color range is captivating, a bit like a subtle rendition of the Northern Lights. The silhouette is strong and balanced, I sort of prefer the odd branches as they break the symmetry of the flip. Only critique would be to crop out the far right edge where there's a vertical line-it's a bit distracting. Nicely done!
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Looks very realistic, lovely silhouette. Great thinking, stars are lovely.
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Jackie, this is just gorgeous! Great thinking and execution! Can't think of anything to add to the above, except that I think I might like the leafy branch at the bottom. Maybe if there were a bit more of it?? I'd leave the unoccupied stump, to remove the quasi-symmetry. I would crop or clone that vertical line. It would work as a framing element if a similar line appeared on the left.
Just noticed a squiggle in the UL -- is it a signature? Once I saw it I couldn't not see it. Not clear enough to see what it is and move on.
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Hi Jackie, this is really nice and I like the overall design a lot. The background is really pretty. I think I would just lose the little leafy branches and keep the rest, I think that would work well. So interesting to see the different ideas being suggested, to me that means you have a very interesting image with lots of possibilities.
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So it looks like pruning out the leafy smaller branch, thanks for the comments!
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An alternate version of this could be to extend canvas a little at the bottom and add a silhouetted "horizon" of some sort -- something simple -- to provide a base.
It's excellent as is, but that might be an interesting idea to play with.
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I like the idea Dianne. I like this well enough to try that. Thanks for the suggestion.
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