Finch Illustration

[Dave Woeller]

I worked this finch shot in Topaz Adjust in an attempt to get the look of an old bird ID manual illustration. I wish his tail hadn't been cut off, but I enjoyed the time spent on the image.

[Indranil Sircar]

Beautiful composition, Dave. It does look like an illustration. The hk effect works well. Too bad on the tail; but this being OOTB, you can create a virtual tail;)

[denise ippolito]

Awesome work Dave. One of the best illustrated looks I've seen. The high-key BG and perch are perfect. I agree w/ Indranil regarding the tail:)

[Cheryl Slechta]

Dave, it does look like an illustration! Great composition and I don't mind the tail at all:)

[Patti Edens]

Agree with all the comments - I love the diagonal of the perch and the brown tones. I think it would be worth creating that virtual tail too, but it does look awesome even without it.

[Kerry Perkins]

Dave, do you have any other images that have the full tail? Would certainly be worth the effort to do an "extension". I love the way this looks and the fact that you got the look with a single filter. Very cute finch.

[Dave Woeller]

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. I need to apologize for some mis-information. The filter used was actually a combination of Topaz and Fractalious. I had been experimenting with multiple filters and the frac part of this shot had slipped my mind when I posted (it's that age thing again :(). I may try to construct a tail for this guy.

[Judy Howle]

Nice work on the finch Dave. I like the illustrative look. I might try some of my bird photos and see what I can come up with. I've only used Fractalius a few times and still getting a feel for it.

[Julie Kenward]

This really brings out the texture and "attitude" of this lovely bird. Excellent work, Dave.

[Steve Adkins]

Great result, Dave. Simple and pure image. Has a little Winter flavor. Very nice!

[Dave Woeller]

Thanks again Judy, Julie and Steve. As a matter of fact, the image did come from a shot on my feeder last winter.