Handsome Egret

[Dave Woeller]

OK, you guys have finally driven me to trying and posting a fractalious image. This is an old favorite image. I did the frac thing on him and then did a layer mask to reveal the eye. After getting the eye back, I lowered the opacity on the frac layer just a touch to bring a bit more color back into the ground area. By the way, this was done starting with the glow 100 preset.

[denise ippolito]

Dave, Glad you tried it. I love this! The windblown feathers are great. I love the revealed sharp eye. Very nicely done!!:)

[Julie Kenward]

Beautiful! I tried this the other day as well and ended up masking off the fracs around the end of the beak - it just makes it look cleaner to me. Love the windswept feathers in this...great sense of implied motion.

[Dave Woeller]

Thanks Julie and Denise. I'm gonna go back and mask off those fracs at the end of the beak. I appreciate the suggestions and think it will be a big improvement. It's a fun plugin to play with and I can see potential in some of the other areas of photography that I work with.

[Cindy Mead]

this is an awesome image to use the fract with Dave- I love the effects on the long plumes and grass. I think the suggestion to clean up the area around the beak is a good one and will make a great image even better. Very nice work :)

[Nick Palmieri]

Sooo Cooool Dave!

[Dave Woeller]

Thanks Cindy and Nick. Yep, I gotta evict those fracs around the beak. Glad Julie pointed that out for me.

[Dave Woeller]

And here's our clean shaven Egret.......

[denise ippolito]

Dave, The repost looks good. I however liked the bit of light at the tip of the bill. Either way an excellent image!:)

[Dave Woeller]

I'm undecided. But now we have our pick, life is grand!!!!:D

[Julie Kenward]

I have to admit - even the first one works...but I do like the "clean shaven" look better! ;)

[Cindy Mead]

the repost looks terrific! :)

[Cheryl Slechta]

They're both beautiful! It's a great image to start with:)

[Dave Woeller]

Thanks Cheryl. The original can be seen in the birds folder on my website.

[Indranil Sircar]

Very nice effect, Dave. Great image to start with. I like both the images... these frac images are coming out as visual treat. TFS.