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    I saw this scene across the street from my house the other night and though it would make a fun image. I used perhaps the simplest filter of all, threshold. Each pixel in the image is forced to be either black or white. The only setting is one that lets you set the cutoff level, below which all pixels will be black.
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    Well seen Kerry, I like how you can see each bird distinctively. Nice flow too, I find my eye going right to left. Great use of the filter.

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    This is wonderfully creative. Having all those birds at the tops of the trees really adds a lot.

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    Kerry, I love this and it's a great use of the Threshold filter. This could be a black and white of some of Gaudi's architecture in Barcelona
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    A fun image. Threshold works perfectly for this. I didn't know about that filter. Well done.

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    Dear Kerry,
    I am so taken with this -I would certainly print it and hang it on my study wall - so creative and inspiring, true OOTB thinking. Absolutely love it

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