Theme: HK Gull

[Kerry Perkins]

Nothing fancy here, just a high-key shot of a gull turned into a sketch with Topaz Simplify. The original shot was pretty good and could stand alone, but I wanted to think out of the box, so this is what I ended up with. Hope you like... :)

[Gus Cobos]

Nicely done Kerry, This has a good feel to it...love the high-key look...:cool:

[denise ippolito]

Kerry, You are singing my tune w/ this one!! I love the sketched look w/ high -key! Very nicely done. I bet the original is fantastic!

[Indranil Sircar]

I love this composition! The sketched look combined with hk makes the difference here. Excellent work.

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent HK here , loved the pose of bird
TFS

[Dave Mills]

Hi Kerry, Good job on this! The effect works well along with nice wing position and placement in the frame.

[Kerry Perkins]

Thanks everyone! Just for grins here is the original with no tweaks other than cropping and levels. :)

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful Kerry!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Kerry,
I really like the pose and the conversion has a very nice pencil sketch feel to it.....but I am going to go against the grain here and say that for my tastes........the dark black is a bit out of place......I want it darker than the rest.....just not as bold as it has a nice soft feel to it........hope it makes sense but as always.....art is subject to interpretation!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I like it very much Kerry. Your rendering is very unique and stands strong amongst the sea of great HK thus far this week IMHO.

[Cindy Cone]

Great HK image, Kerry. The sketch effect is perfect for this.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Very creative Kerry. Looks like a real sketch. Wonder about a slight darkening of the eye?? Like the feel of this one.