Flamingos on my mind

[Richard Waas]

As most of you know it rained a lot of the day on last Saturdays Zoo trip. I had several nice images of the flamingos and couldn't make up my mind of what to do with them. I decided to merge 2 of them with a clipping mask and used a luminosity blending mode. I'm not sure of what I came up with but I'll share it with you for your comments. Original images were shot at ISO 200 and 800, f/9.0 and f/5.6, 1/20 & 1/400 sec, 80-400mm Sigma, 80mm and 400mm, Pattern Metering, Auto Exposure, Auto WB, No Flash.

[Gus Cobos]

Richard,
This is fantastic, A big ten for creativity, another 10 for the composition, capture and exposure. very well done my friend. By the way, it was a pleasure shooting with you and your wife at the zoo. a big congrats...this is a wall hanger...:cool:

[Lance Peters]

Hi Richard - Congrats - A fine Art piece - a Canvas wall hanging for sure :) :)

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Richard,
Wow - I would never have thought of doing this - I love it!! My only suggestion would be to just brighten or saturate the eye a little to make it pop.
Regards,
Nicki

[Richard Waas]

Thanks for the tip. I had brightened the eye, but when I dropped the opacity it dulled it. Let me know what you think.

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Meet the next Brito (we'll call you Richardo)
Excellent my friend, very creative and composed. Another vote for a wall piece (signed of course)
Regards,

[denise ippolito]

Very Unique!!

[Alfred Forns]

..... that bird is thinking .... what did Richard do to me:D:D:) I like the experimentation a lot, its fun and you did come up with a different and pleasing image !!!

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Much better Richard!!
Regards,
Nicki

[Nonda Surratt]

Love the re-post Richard..Very cool image!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

This is a cool.image. Love the flamingos in his head! Might be tempted to soften the sharp edge of the bird a bit if you can.

[Julie Kenward]

Way to be creative, Richard!!! Love the whole premise behind this. Very interesting image overall.

[Harold Davis]

awesome job, richard!!! i love it. very original! the repost does look better. it would go on my wall to if it were mine!!!!

[Phil Ertel]

I'll have to admit that I would not have thought of this. Very creative and excellent photoshop skills.

Phil

[Richard Waas]

Thanks to all of you for your nice comments.