Bluebird of Chiaroscuro

[Kerry Perkins]

One last image for this week, this time with some filters! I did the basic toning in LR2, then used Topaz Simplify to paint the little bluebird. :)

[Paul Lagasi]

Nicely done Kerry...really like the painterly look of Bluebird...TFS

[Cheryl Slechta]

Kerry, I love the look you achieved for the Bluebird. The composition is lovely also.

[denise ippolito]

Kerry, I love the simplify effect on the bluebird! Fantastic. It might also look nice w/ a tighter/horizontal crop. Nicely done.

[Christopher Miller]

Very nice painted look to the bluebird, Kerry. Great eye contact. I'm not too fond of all that branch though. To me it distracts a bit from the bird, so I might do a vertical crop focusing in more on the bird. I might also lighten the highlights more. Just my $.02.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Kerry.

Agree with the above, but would also consider running the branch into the URC, rather than the offset position. There are also a lot of cropping options with this image, both vertical and horizontal.

But ... your image ... your vision. ;)

[Kerry Perkins]

Thanks for the nice comments, much appreciated! :) There are several ways to crop this one, for sure, but I did it this way to convey a feeling of "big world, small me" or some such... ;)