Frac & White

[Kerry Perkins]

Meant to post this last week, but ran out of time! Did a high-key treatment then cast the Fractalius spell upon it. :)

Not too crazy about the end of the bill, but my attempts to make it look better didn't help!

[Julie Kenward]

Very nice Kerry. I'd be tempted to clean up a little between the two legs to help define them a bit more. Also, not sure about this but wondering how a small catchlight would look on the eye?

[Kerry Perkins]

Thanks Jules! Good suggestions - will work on them! :)

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Good advice from Jules, Kerry. Like the nice lines and might punch it up a bit if you made the lore brighter. The pose is very elegant.

[Ed Vatza]

Agree about the tip of the bill and the area between the legs but the basic concept, composition and execution are excellent. Just enough there to tell what it is. Very creative.

[denise ippolito]

Kerry, This works very well to me. I like the minimal look and the pose very much. The bill and btwn the legs noted,but both are very easy fixes. I might add just a bit of life to the eye to put this over the top Kerry! Beautiful:)

[Lance Peters]

Hi Kerry - like it a lot - simple but effective.
TFS

[Indranil Sircar]

Very nice composition, Kerry. Love the simplicity.

[Arthur Morris]

I like this a lot for all of the reasons noted above. Here is a trick to try for sharpening the bill tip: work large and draw a sharp tip with the Polygonal Lasso Tool and then fill in the tip with a 50% hard Clone Stamp Tool. You can play around with the edges using Refine Edge by trying different setting before using the Clone Stamp. :)

Let me know if you have any questions.

[Paul Lagasi]

Like the image, I wonder what it would look like without the reflected legs, I mean leave the little ripples where legs enter water but remove the reflection...all last week I tried to get this effect but no luck...TFS

[Kerry Perkins]

Thanks everyone and thanks for the tip Artie! I will give that a try. :)