1,000th Post

[Dave Phillips]

Hi, have been scarce from avian forum a bunch, but just realized I was at post #1000.
Photographed this egret this morning and processed for old world look.
Used Alien Skin Snap Art and tons of little tweaks.....may be too much!!

Original was a high ISO shot just after sunrise.
4oomm f/5.6L, 1.4X, 1/320, f/8, +.67EV

Thank you for looking and opportunity to share a bit of an experiment

[Fabs Forns]

Dave, congratulations and thanks for choosing OOB for your milestone :)

Gorgeous light and pose and great filters, print it in canvas paper and hang it on your wall!

[denise ippolito]

Congratulations on your 1000th! Great artistic impression . I love the colors and the glow on the wings.

[Joanna Trescott]

The bird has arrived, just like you have on your 1,000th. Congratulations. I like the old world look. Since I hang out here alot, I am glad you chose OOTB to be your 1,000th.

[Julie Kenward]

Dave, I think you hit your mark here with your 1,000 post! This is really gorgeous - you can tell it had great aesthetics to start with and you certainly added more in your creative pursuit. This one is definitely a home run!

[Dave Phillips]

thank you much for positive comments.
Here is a version better showing brush strokes without canvas texture

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congratulations on the milestone and great PP idea.

[Chris Starbuck]

Dave,
Thanks for showing us the "before canvas" version. Looks really great, and for my taste canvas really is the right print medium. I'm with Fabs - print it big!

[Alfred Forns]

Big Time Congrats on the 1K !!!!!!

All about mood and feel and you got it !!! Gorgeous !!!

[Cindy Crawford]

Gorgeous! Looks softly painted- light and color are so nice. :) I like the version without canvas- it shows a bit more detail. Congrats!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice arty feel to this image. Lovely colours. I believe there is still some more potential to exploit. I am a photoshop illiterate. However, I think you can give different effects to the bird and the tree. How about, the bird bit sharper than it is now and the tree as it is?