Theme:OOTB Ibis

[WIlliam Maroldo]

SonyA700~Sony70-400G@400mm~ISO800~F7.1~1/1250 sec~manual exposure~10-21-2009~Brays Bayou, Houston, Texas~CS4/Topaz Simplify2/Topaz Adj3(small detail present)/Topaz Clean2
Selected bird/copied to new layer/used Topaz Adj and Clean2 on bird only, applied Simplify 2 to background layer(one of the painting presets)/merged
Similar technique to last post-different Simplify preset.
comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill

[Paul Lagasi]

Bill..like the combination of painting and real..nice pose on bird...good work..

[denise ippolito]

Bill, The pose and the underwing details are great! I love the fall colors and have added "theme" to your title as this qualifies for the theme. The rock looks great w/ the simplify. I like the way you have chosen to leave detail in the bird.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely combo of painting and photograph, nice paint style and bird details
TFS

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application. The colors are definately fall, as I recall them to be! Like the realism of the bird as well as the effect.

[Patti Edens]

I really like the fall colors and the way you caught that great pose!

I wonder what Braes Bayou looks like right now. I crossed over Buffalo Bayou a few minutes ago and it is way higher than normal. Too much rain!

[Christopher Miller]

Very nice pose and colors, Bill. The painted effect on the BG and rock is very nice.

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Thanks guys and gals. Patti; I did see alot of the bayous close to their banks today. I like it when they running high, well not as high as today, and of course it isn't pouring, because the egrets have to fly out and pluck fish from the surface, instead of their usual wading and waiting. Good for action shots. About Brays Bayou, even though we have Braeswood Blvd, and a bunch of "braes" stuff all around this particular bayou, they spell it "Brays" which doesn't make much sense. For a long time I thought it was as you spelled it. Go fiqure! regards~Bill