I Only Have Eyes For You

[Paul Lagasi]

Between work and travel, I haven't been in much except to look around at the wonderful work.


Monday I was at Estero Llano Grande in Texas and a pair of Green Kingfishers were putting on quite a show for people. The male would go and catch a fish and present it to the female, where upon she took off to eat the fish. Because of the location, the action was so fast that I couldn't get a high enough shutter speed to freeze the interaction between the male and female. So I took a photo of the male on the same branch, then copied and pasted an image from later in the day of the female looking up as the male flew in. Easy composite. Then using Nik effect to add pink to the background. Used Fotosketcher for painted look. Ciao for now.

[Paul Lagasi]

This is original composite without fotosketcher
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[Kerry Perkins]

Fantastic base composite image and the processed one is very nicely done. I like the brighter background for this one, it works well!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Great composite and story Paul, the bg in both is lovely. I love the little pink mark on the chest of the female. I might just increase the catchlight in the eyes a bit. They seem to be not quite as strong as in the original. Nice work.

[Dennis Bishop]

Good title and nice capture. Well, captures, I guess, and very well composited. That was a great idea. Although I like the background colors, I'd prefer something between the orignal and final in terms of intensity so it plays a smaller role in the image.

(For those who read my comments on the direction of diagonals in Gary's disc harrow post, I think this image is one of those in which the diagonal going down to the left is the right choice. It helps to tell the story about the interaction between the birds.)

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Paul, great capture and the Fotosketcher treatment really works well for this image !

[gary ellwein]

A nicely executed composite telling a story. I prefer the second image. To my eye, the bg in the first competes with the kingfishers.