Crane dance

[Keith Carver]

Early morning at the Bosque, lots of cranes dancing, leaping. PP using Fractalius followed by Topaz Clean - flat style. Cloned out some water drops that got magnified after the Clean filter. Self-critique: not enough catchlights in the eyes. But the main idea is to portray the energy and gracefulness of these magnificent birds.

[Indranil Sircar]

Killer image, Keith! Love the dancing pose and effect on the cranes and the bg. Great capture and processing.

[Christopher Miller]

Excellent job on this, Keith! The poses are stunning, and I love the effect and colors. I agree with your self-critique that more distinct eyes would be a plus, but I think that's very minor. :)

[denise ippolito]

Keith, When I started opening up the image I was smiling from ear to ear! Outstanding! The colors really make this special. I love it!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Keith, this is wonderfully good. It has an Oriental feel to me and I love it!!!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Keith, this one is perfect! I like the HA in both birds and the eyes stand out nicely!

[Kerry Perkins]

Excellent image Keith, it just shouts "Bosque"! Super use of the two main filters. Nice action captured and the eyes don't bother me at all. I would paint out that one specular highlight in the water on the left.