Brown Pelican

[WIlliam Maroldo]

SonyA700~Sony70-400G@400mm~ISO1600~F5.6~1/800 sec~manual exposure~Hand Held~3-24-2010~Quintana, Texas~CS4/ Topaz Detail2/Topaz Clean2

I still do stuff without Fractalius. My usual technique for these texture enhancements (as opposed to line enhancements with Fractalius) involved Topaz Adj(small detail preset), followed by Topaz Clean 2. Lately I've been using Topaz Detail2 instead of Adj, which seems to keep noise in check more. comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill

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Posted 2009 BPN

[denise ippolito]

Bill, I love to see Pelicans on pilings- it just seems right. Nice pose and details. I think it still has a bit of noise in the BG. especially the pale green strip and by it's feet and it's underbelly. I love the high-key look and the processing is top notch.:)

[Dave Leroy]

The photo has a very pleasant feel to it and says to me that this is the wise old pelican.
Tons of detail and lovely pose.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Bill, very nice details and I love the high key look.
Best,
Nicki

[Paul Lagasi]

I'm a big fan Bill of all of these..love em...keep them coming

[Christopher Miller]

Very, very nice, Bill! Perfect pose and love all the detail. Both your topaz and frac treatments are so lovely. :)

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Appreciate the feedback as always! Thanks Denise,Dave,Nicki,Paul,Christopher. Good point about the noise in BG Denise, something I overlooked and is easily fixed. regards~Bill,