Painting Lesser Goldfinch

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

Photographed this male Lesser Goldfinch in our garden. Painted it in free Fotosketcher and finished in CS5 with stroke border.

All comments welcome and very much appreciated.

Have a great 2011

Gus

[Patti Edens]

Gus, I love this image! The complementary gold and blue colors are wonderful and the bird looks so happy to pose for you - great eye contact. Perfect placement. I love how the outside of the border still has the texture. I think there might be an area just to the left of the bird's breast and neck that looks like maybe cloning repetition? Or maybe Fotosketcher did that.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Love the colors here Gus, the yellows and blues go so well together. Nice work!

[Hazel Grant]

ditto on the colors and focus. Haven't used this software before, but works like this make me look forward to learning it.

[Indranil Sircar]

This is excellent, Gus. Great pose and eye contact. Love the colors and the bg. Nicely done.

[Christopher Miller]

Awesome, Gus! I think this may be my new favorite of yours. :) I love the yellow of the goldfinch(my favorite color!) and the blue of the BG goes perfectly with it. Great composition, and the painting effect is stunning as always. Well done!

[denise ippolito]

Gus, I like the painterly look and I see the cloning spots that Patti is referring to. I think that the pose and the BG are super!