Pelican at sunset

[Indranil Sircar]

Looking for a suitable image for this week's theme, I found this pelican image taken few years ago. It was taken late in the day with setting sun. There were a group of pelicans settling down for the night, I guess. I used Topaz Remask2 to extract this one bird along with the rock and the water bg. Applied Topaz Simplify on another layer and changed opacity. Then used a layer mask to bring back the bill and the eye. Also, desaturated the bill a bit. Finally applied usm for the web version. Hope you like it.

[denise ippolito]

Indranil, The treatment looks nice and I especially like the pose.:)

[Julie Kenward]

What a serene moment, Indranil! I might suggest lightening the yellow cast just a tiny bit so the feathers have more of a natural look to them - but don't take out ALL that beautiful sun.

[Indranil Sircar]

Denise, Julie, thanks. Here is a repost with reduced yellow cast...

[Julie Kenward]

I like that much better, Indranil. You still can tell it's sunrise but it's not leaving the bird feathers feeling "dirty." Lovely image!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Indranil, the lighting is beautiful, especially in the repost. I love the pose - he does look like he's settling in for the night.:)

[Indranil Sircar]

Thanks Julie, Cheryl.

Julie, this is sunset and that was one of the reason those whites looked almost orange.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Indranil, beautiful image - agree that sunset can turn the whites orange - or pink!! :eek:
Best,
Nicki