Ripples anyone?

[Judy Howle]

I took the photo Sunday on a boat ride up the river. I have never seen ripples like these, with the coot right in them. Topaz Adjust and PB twirl to add some OOTB interest. I masked the coot back in so it wouldn't be distorted.

[Judy Howle]

This is the original image with a little Topaz Adjust for colors. Canon 50D and 100 - 400 lens.

[Nick Palmieri]

This is pretty cool. Those ripples are unbelievable. Since you masked the coot back in I may consider just moving it slightly up or down so the ripple is not directly intersecting it head. TFS

[Cheryl Slechta]

Judy, this is very cool. I've never seen ripples like that either. I love the combination of blues and browns.:)

[Paul Lagasi]

The original is really different, like what you've done with it. Nice colors and good job masking and pasting in the coot...

[Judy Howle]

Thanks Nick and Cheryl. Nick, I see your point about the ripple, but moving the coot would not be easy so I probably won't attempt it. Masking just required painting over it and a tiny bit of cloning as it was pretty much lined up with the original. I might see if I can work with the ripple if I have time.

[Indranil Sircar]

Very nice, Judy. Beautiful colors and I like how you used PB twirl for the effect. Excellent OOTB thinking!

[Arthur Morris]

The original is wicked, the twirl treatment was a stroke of genius. I just love it. So bold and the patterns are absurdly wonderful. I marvel at the great creativity of the folks posting here (and of course that of your fearless leader, Denise.)

For the Pane #1 image I would love to see a bit more on the bottom if you have it; note the clipped light blue swirl just in front of the bird along the lower frame edge.

[denise ippolito]

Judy, Fantastic image and Nick and Artie have made 2 points that would take this over the top. Very creative and the colors are to die for!!:)

[Susan Candelario]

Hi Judy,
Great use of the PB twirl filter. I really like how you used it & it's very creative on your part. The colors and the pano crop are very nice. I think if you take your original and remove the wave line from the Coots head and then play with the filter settings it might make it a bit simpler to do. You will still have to do some touch up work, but I think it deserves the effort.
~Susan

[Kerry Perkins]

Judy, I would be ecstatic to have the original capture show up in my LCD! That is really amazing. The PP just took it to another place. I like this a big bunch. Might be easy to eliminate that one blue ripple by just painting it brown and re-applying the filter. Super work on both images! :D

[Arthur Morris]

Where can we find info on on PB Twirl? What is PB?

[Kerry Perkins]

Artie, Pixel Bender is a free plugin from Adobe for PS CS5. You can find info and download the plugin here - http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/pixelbenderplugin/

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Kerry. I am downloading it now.

[Kerry Perkins]

You are welcome sir! Now I really have to upgrade to CS5... :cool:

[Judy Howle]

Wow, thanks everyone who commented on the coot twirl! I am trying to figure out how to fix it. To clarify, are you all referring to the line by it's beak or in the reflection? Thanks for all the suggestions. I just want to hopefully do it once and fix everything.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Judy,

Love the effect, but even the original is very cool.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Since you masked the coot back in I may consider just moving it slightly up or down so the ripple is not directly intersecting it head. TFS

For the Pane #1 image I would love to see a bit more on the bottom if you have it; note the clipped light blue swirl just in front of the bird along the lower frame edge.

Wow, thanks everyone who commented on the coot twirl! I am trying to figure out how to fix it. To clarify, are you all referring to the line by it's beak or in the reflection? Thanks for all the suggestions. I just want to hopefully do it once and fix everything.

Judy, Greetings. Just wanted to agree with how cool this is! The orginal, too! I think these are the two items Nick and Artie are referring to: Head intersection with ripple and clipped light blue ripple on bottom.


Hopefully, Nick and/or Artie will chime in if I've got that wrong...

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Judy Howle]

OK thanks Michael. Someone said something about painting it brown and that didn't make sense unless talking about the reflection. I'll see if I can move the ripple or coot. Time is scarce this week.

[Arthur Morris]

Judy, Greetings. Just wanted to agree with how cool this is! The orginal, too! I think these are the two items Nick and Artie are referring to: Head intersection with ripple and clipped light blue ripple on bottom.


Hopefully, Nick and/or Artie will chime in if I've got that wrong...

Cheers,

-Michael-

Thanks Michael, I am OK with the bill merge but your lower arrow hit the spot so to speak :)