Surgery & Artistic Licence for Jules

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

As left wing on Anna's I posted was caught a split second too soon & wing looked not so good, Jules suggested transplanting right wing to left side. So here's the result finished off by my Mad Painter inner demon.

Comments & redos always welcome

Gus aka MP

[Gus Hallgren]

Original posted in ETL

[annmpacheco]

this looks great which program did you use to do this? ann

[Gus Hallgren]

Hello Ann;

First, I took it into CS5, cropped out the right wing, then flipped it horz and rotated it 8 degrees CCW. Then I opened up Orig and cleaned out left wing. Next pressed V (Move) dragged wing close to original placement, used BG Eraser at low opacity and cut out wing. Then moved it to finasl placement. Then with eraser at low opacity I blended in transplant. Finished off with low opacity paint brushes and clone. Then with QM (Quick Mask) I applied a low pass of Gaussin Blur to lower edge of transplant wing.

I then took it into free FotoSketch and applied low strength Oil painting, took it back to CS5 for the finishing touches.

For lots of ideas & help visit OOTB (Out Of The Box) a very friendly and talented folks

You can see my Orange Crowned warbler there- Click here

Glad you liked it

Gusd AKA MP

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Gus,
Very nice work and the surgery went flawlessly IMO! Super job on this one!

[Julie Kenward]

Fantastic save, Gus! You really outdid yourself with this one. I'm going to copy the thread down to the OOTB because the painted effect is incredible. ;):D;)

[Jay Sheinfield]

Gus, that's a beauty. The painted effect is perfect. Great comp.

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful work Gus. I like the colors so much. The surgery is flawless!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Gus, this one looks beautiful. Love the painted effect too.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Hi Gus
Fabulous rescue of the wing. And, fantastic painted finished product. I'd certainly be proud if this were mine. :)

[Christopher Miller]

Hi Gus, Perfect job restoring the wing, and the painting effect is just WOW! :) Excellent work!!!

[Myer Bornstein]

Very excellent work :)

[Cheryl Slechta]

Gus, amazing surgery and the painting is absolutely gorgeous.:)

[Thomas Herou]

Nicely done!
The colors really suits well for the painting feel.