L'il Blue's Fashion Show

[Michael Pancier]

Lately I've been coming across little blues everywhere I go and I'm loving them especially when you punch up the colors a bit (just for fun).

saw this guy at loop road and took the shot from the car window.

applied nik tools: center brighten/border darken; brilliance; burned the edges in ps cs 4 and applied some topaz to it. this is the result.

[denise ippolito]

Michael, I love the punched up color of the bird also. I might add a layer of black on top of the image and just reveal the bird -eliminating the green from the BG. if it were mine. I think it's a tiny bit tight on top. I love the pose and the feather detail.

[Patti Edens]

Had to get my sunglasses for this one! :D He looks great in that blue suit. I like how you can still see all the feather detail even with the saturation jacked up.

Patti

[Nick Palmieri]

You have some real nice detail in the feathers. It's a very nice image and the color boost is pretty cool and in my opinion works. Agree with Denise about the BG.

[Christopher Miller]

I like the pose and details, Michael. The punched up color adds a nice touch while still looking natural. Agree on it being a bit tight on the top.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Like this one better than the last blue Michael. BG is simpler and makes the heron stand out more. Love the colours you are getting. Think a bit more room up top would be great.

[Bud Cline]

I think this little fellow was posing for you, Michael. A very pleasing rendering of this image!

[Kerry Perkins]

He's lookin' good in blue, that's for sure! Love the treatment and the pose is awesome.