Pelecanus Occifractalius

[Kerry Perkins]

Been a while since I did a fracture... I had this image of a young brown pelican that I shot on a special day at the La Jolla Cliffs. :cool: While I love the original image (it's full frame), I kept looking at it and wondering what I could do with Fractalius. After the fracting I used the burn tool to darken the little "artifracts" in the background and of course used a layer mask to brush back some of the original detail (enhanced with Topaz Detail). I was trying to get a look that would suggest that the pelican was lit by his electrical glow. :)

[Ken Childs]

Hey Kerry, this is a really good looking frac treatment! The bird itself looks a bit on the dark side, especially the head so you might consider lightening it up a very small amount. :)

[Kerry Perkins]

Ken, thanks for your comments! The underexposure of the bird was what I was going for. I tried making it much lighter but I didn't like the way the light seemed to have no source. :cool:

[Christopher Miller]

Very nice frac, Kerry! Great pose. The underexposure and electric glow give it a very dramatic look. Well done.

[Julie Kenward]

The pose and crop really make this sing, Kerry! I wish I could see the eye just a little bit better - maybe add a fracted catchlight?

I think the amount of details that you let shine through is perfect....lovely fract image!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Kerry, I love it. I really like the glow and the detail in the feathers. The head looks like velvet.:)

[Indranil Sircar]

Beautiful fract composition, Kerry. I like the glowing effect and the underexposure works well here. Your treatment has certainly made this dramatic.

[denise ippolito]

Neat glow outline and I like the pose!!:)

[Andrew McLachlan]

Wonderful pose Kerry, I love the glowing outline.