Theme: Red-crowned Crane

[Nancy Bell]

Having just read Denise's excellent new e-book on filters, I am experimenting more with textures. This image is from snowy Japan. I used Topaz impression, 2 flypaper textures, and PS stuff. I would have liked the feet to show but they were entirely covered by snow. Maybe I should have imported feet from another image but didn't think about that until just now.

[Dennis Bishop]

Very nicely done. The background echoes the blues in the crane, and the contrast of the black and white against it is beautiful. I did notice the feet (actually lack of) right away. That's really because of the snow, however, so I wondered about something different from importing feet. The movement and color in the background remind me of snow, anyway, so I wondered about adding a faded horizon line and a darker foreground. Just a thought.

[Diane Miller]

Wonderful! I'd consider importing some feet and then fading them into the snow with a speckle effect, which would also mean they don't have be perfect.

A hint of trees in the BG could be interesting.

[Nancy Bell]

Dennis & Diane, Good ideas and I will go back and experiment!

[Nancy Bell]

I have added feet. I tried trees in the bkgd but could not make them fit in anymore.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

The repost is perfect, I like the hint of the feet, the dispay pose, and the BG textures.

[Dennis Bishop]

Great idea. It definitely works.

[Mitch Carucci]

Appropriate as it have a the feel of an oriental print. Lovely. I am still pondering feet vs no feet, but I think I would leave it as it is. Somehow more graphic.

[Nancy Bell]

Thanks all! It took me awhile to get the feet to look anatomically correct (or at least not weird!).

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Nancy,

Greetings. Late to the show but the feet are perfect. I like the look of a Japanese print. I wonder if a tall aspect ratio might work... the background would need some work, but the general idea...



A chop and may be a moon in the upper left, paper edges top & bottom... just a thought ;-)

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Hazel Grant]

like the new feet. like the original crop... beautiful

[Wendy Kates]

Beautiful, Nancy. I love the background. I just started Denise's e-book last night and am really excited about trying new effects.

[Paul Lagasi]

As my good friend Dan Brown says, this could really use a Chinese chop, nice effect on the Crane. Well done

[Nancy Bell]

Thank you everyone! A Chinese chop is a really good idea! Michael, I also like the vertical crop and even the wavy stretched-out bkgd. It continues the vertical aspect as well as contrasts with the horizontal band.

[Anita Bower]

Beautiful simplicity. Excellent bg. Like the feet. Love the graphic look.