Allen's Flight

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Greetings. Back to shooting birds after a bit of a hiatus. Not feeing it for some reason (er, so I bought a new camera ;-).



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Original capture wasn't that great, back lit, small in frame. But I liked the pose... so I took it through a series of Topaz Simplify (BuzSIm with fine color edges) Adjust, InFocus, Denoise, Nik Silver Efex with color blended back luminosity mode, er, repeat til satisfied.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Nancy Bell]

Michael, shopping is the perfect antidote for feeling blah. Women are famous for this, and it works! I like seeing all the separation of the flight feathers. The colors are indeed "out there", but hey, this is OOTB! The hummer seems a bit like he is just hanging in the ether, I was wondering how some sort of framing might look. Or maybe position him back in the frame some and a bit in the lower left corner, so it looks like he is flying up & to the right.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Nancy,

Ha! Retail therapy it is. Thanks for your comments. This was actually in a frame of greenery but crop eliminated it... might try to reintroduce it (by relocation)....

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hi, Michael, I like the colors and love the pose. I especially like being able to see through the wings. (That's my kind of shopping! I've started getting interested in old cameras and have bought a couple of old film cameras recently at a thrift store. At least they're cheap)

[Arthur Morris]

I like the bold colors but wish that the hummer were angled towards us.....