Weekly Theme: Clouds over Fujiyama

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Well, actually detail of Great Egret in flight... backlit wing with oof front lit wing as clouds. Too many layers to count (easily over 50)... curves and channel mixing, inverting, blending and masking layers, nr & sharpening for effect, from a 1 MP crop.

Alternately, looked like clam shell, daisy flower base (backside), and mountain to me... repeated patterns in nature. I enjoyed working this image a lot.

A big thanks to Denise (chooses the theme?) for a theme to stretch my eyes.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Michael. Very interesting image and treatment! I like your title and think it works. Nice interpretation of the theme!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Michael, very creative interpretation. It looks like the title:)

[Kora Baker]

It is a wonderfully different interpretation of the theme, Michael. Love it:) Kora

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Really like this one Michael, it reminds me of sand dunes. Great toning here as well. Very creative.

[denise ippolito]

Michael, I love the flow of the lines and the color toning looks great. I see nice sand dunes also. Very creative.:) You could probably get two images out of this. If you tightened up the crop and focused on the right side-I'm sure that would be a nice look also. I like to think about doing a series when you have a nice subject.

[Christopher Miller]

Very interesting abstract image, Michael. The more I look at it, the more I like it. :) Nice composition, patterns, and treatment. Well done.

[Julie Kenward]

Very creative work, Michael. I wish the top area of the front wing were more in focus as I find it doesn't match the feel of the rest of the wing but the processing here is really nice.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Michael.

Nice vision and interpetation.

[Paul Lagasi]

Cool image, very creative, well done

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Folks,

Greetings. Thank you all for the kind words. You might be interested in a variation of the same base image...

Opening Light Daisy



Took an intermediate step from the processing of Clouds Over Fujiyama, flipped, added some sky, a few tonal steps, a little color (fill layers with mask painting, blending).

Denise, thanks for the suggestion for another go a this image.

Julie, the detail in that area is in this one... I had to work for the softness in the other one ;)

Cheers,

-Michael-

[denise ippolito]

Micheal, Very nicely done.:)

[Christopher Miller]

Second version is wonderful too, Michael! :)