Theme: Swan Spotlight

[Cindy Cone]

This is one I posted on avian the other day. I added light to the swan, warmed the colors up a bit, used a radial zoom, and then some brush strokes. All c&c welcome. Thanks for looking.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Cindy,
This is one sweet image, the colors and lighting are superb...the radial zoom puts it over the top for me...well done...:cool:

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful Cindy! I just saw this posted in Avian. I gotta tell you that is one sweet base image w/ the lighting and colors. I like what you did here w/ the zoom blur. I might go in on the side of his neck w/ the zoom in a few areas so it doesn't look outlined. But I love how you left the water under the swan. Very creative and nicely done.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Cindy, Very nice job on this ...The subject, lighting and manipulation are all skillfully handled!

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Cindy.

I notice that the brown area below the bird's foot seems to be swirled toward the foot. Understandable as it is the foot reflection. However, I would suggest that moving the swirl over slightly toward the bird would improve the composition. However, as usual ...

Your image ... Your vision.

[Indranil Sircar]

Very nicely done, Cindy. The light is what makes this so special...

[Fabs Forns]

Got to love the radial blue, it really shines on the blue water and sky, and the spotlight is very cool.

[Cindy Cone]

Thanks to all for your comments. Denise, I see what you mean about the outline, I'll try to re-work. Mark, I'll have to think about the foot blur.

[Harshad Barve]

VWD Cindy , additional light and radial zoom makes its
TFS

[Kerry Perkins]

Very pretty Cindy. Love the warm glow of light and the radial zoom blur. Nicely done!