Bird of prey

[Indranil Sircar]

Denise's post inspired me think of fract this morning... digging deep into my archives, i found this juvenile Northern Harrier and decided to give a glowing look to its already magestic personality! I tried few variations and finally settled on this one. I decided to open up the beautiful patterns of the inner primaries using a layer mask as also the eye and bill. Cropped and applied usm for the final web version. Hope you like it... your c&c will be appreciated.

[denise ippolito]

Indranil, I've been in the mood to see some fract images too. I really like the glowing edges and the deep blue sky. Nice sharp eye and beak.

[Christopher Miller]

Very nice, Indranil! Stunning pose, and the frac glow and deep, vivid colors take it out of the park. Very well done! :)

[Indranil Sircar]

Thank you Denise, Christopher. Appreciate it a lot.

[Judy Howle]

I like the more subtle fract work on the hawk and the amount of detail you left so we can see his pretty face! I like the bold colors too. I looked at your website, you have some beautiful photos of birds, landscapes and photo art, most of which I've seen here.

[Indranil Sircar]

Thank you Judy. Appreciate it a lot.

[Kerry Perkins]

Indranil, I really like this and the base capture is super! Love the harriers and you did a great job of capturing the spirit of this one. Nice dark sky and cool frac work.

[Indranil Sircar]

Thank you Kerry.