I had taken this image of the BCNH with reeds as the bg. Used Topaz Remask to extract BCNH. Then took a portion of the bg and applied Topaz clean, converted to bw with tint and then used lens vignette to get the bg texture. Applied Topaz simplify on merged layer, used a mask to open-up the eye, bill and shadow areas. Hope you like it...
~ Indranil








