Evening Grosbeak

[Nancy Bell]

I am lucky to have these beautiful birds visit my feeders in the winter. This is a photo from last winter but they are here today as I work on this, however no snow falling right now. I used topaz clean (my first attempt using Topaz). Please let me know what you think of this head crop. I do have the entire bird but the topaz effect did not show very well when reduced for the web. Is there a way to accomplish this?

[Patti Edens]

I don't have Topaz, so can't help with your question. But, I like the composition of the crop and I like the treatment too. Love the colors - the splash of yellow with all the shades of brown! I think maybe painting the eye back in to some degree might make it more "alive" looking to me (if that makes any sense at all). :)

[denise ippolito]

Nancy, Sometimes the effect of the filter can be faint unless it is right in your face. I might back off the filter just a hair and reveal the eye as Patti suggests. Very nice look to this and I bet this is sharp as heck!!:) As far as the comp goes you could take a small slice off the back so it doesn't appear as centered.

[Nancy Bell]

I revealed the original eye and changed the crop somewhat, hopefully for the better :).

[denise ippolito]

I think it looks better.:)

[Bonnie Block]

Love the repost, Nancy. Colors are fantastic.
With Topaz, I have found it to be very image size specific. Almost needs to be done on the size (for web or print) that it will be used for. I have made some for the web that do not look the same as full sized prints.

[Christopher Miller]

Awesome effect, Patti! I especially like the look of the snow(at least, I think it's snow?) on the beak. Nice repost.

[Nancy Bell]

Yes that is snow on the beak and snowflakes on the bird and snow falling in the background :).

[Kerry Perkins]

Nice work Nancy, I like the repost. Good job with topaz clean. :cool: Sometimes these filters add so much detail that it is difficult to size properly without losing a lot of it. More detail equals bigger file size. I love the effect you got here.