Impressionistic Pelican

[Cheryl Slechta]

More White Pelicans:) I used a DAP filter, Camille, with a Pisarro impressionistic version, then Nik Sunlight filter to
warm it up a bit. And of course, the frame.

Thanks for looking, comments and suggestions appreciated.

[Patti Edens]

Cheryl,

Wow. The gold frame and the gold grasses work so well together. Composition is outstanding and I just love all the colors in the water. I knew I would like this one as soon as I saw the thumbnail. Beautiful work!

Patti

[denise ippolito]

Cheryl, This really does look like a painting the way you have presented it. Very good thought to warm it up a bit and the gold frame really does add to the warmth you've created for a very nice look.

[Christopher Miller]

Very lovely painting, Cheryl! Excellent pose and comp. Love the warm colors and lighting, and the gold frame complements it very nicely. :)

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Cheryl.

Nice feel to the effects you used.

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Cheryl - the white pelican is about my favorite bird and this one is lovely! Excellent use of the DAP program. I have a hard time getting good results with it myself. As mentioned the complimenting gold colors of the frame really make for a superb image overall. Nice work on this!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Kerry, I followed Dave Phillip's tip that DAP would do nicely with a 1200-1600px input image so I used a jpeg instead of a TIFF, and render at 10mpx, usually 8K-12K strokes when you use Benson and Monet. The funny thing is I had lost that tip (written on a scrap of paper) and found it last week while I was cleaning up my computer room:eek: