Mallard Rising

[Mitch Carucci]

Remask, Impression, Glow & Flood.

[Nancy Bell]

A dramatic image with the light on the hyper-realistic duck and that dark threatening cloud bank!

[Wendy Kates]

I love the sky and clouds...did you use the Turner Storm filter? The colors and reflections are lovely. The duck looks a little over-processed to me...I'm wondering how it would look if you lowered the opacity on the filter you applied to the mallard?

[Dennis Bishop]

I definitely like the content, but I agree with Wendy about making what I think is the Glow effect on the mallard more subtle. It would still stand out nicely.

[Mitch Carucci]

Thanks Nancy, Wendy & Dennis. Here is a version with the glow faded out a bit.

Wendy,
I used Chiaroscuro II and then modified it a bit.

[Dennis Bishop]

Ah, yes. I like it this way. An added plus is that I better appreciate the sky.

[Wendy Kates]

I like the more subtle repost too.