Emergence

[Cheryl Slechta]

This is the one-armed cattle egret I posted months ago. I thought the effect was interesting although maybe not your usual mini-world. Kind of a half-mini world I added Nik graduated filter because the background had been completely white.
Thanks for looking. Comments and suggestions appreciated.

[denise ippolito]

So cool Cheryl!! I love the effect and the colors! Lovely work and I like the title.

[Kerry Perkins]

Really cool treatment Cheryl, and a nice image to kick off the theme. Good use of the technique to produce a different type of image. I like it a lot and the graduated color filter made some sweet colors!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Thanks Denise and Kerry. It looks a baby dolphin emerging to me

[Steve Adkins]

Great OOTB image, Cheryl! Love the soft tones, shading and graphic nature.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Cheryl,

Greetings. Beautiful color & design and particularly the title.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Indranil Sircar]

Excellent composition, Cheryl. Love the concept and the soft colors. Nicely done.

[Richard Lovison]

Cheryl,

I love the composition and use of the bird as the main subject. The title is a perfect fit. :) Beautifully done.

Richard

[Arthur Morris]

Would love to see this with the eye in the upper left. Colors are sweet and I love the effect.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Thanks everyone. Actually I think it may be a baby beluga Artie, I'm terrible with spacial concepts but I'll try and figure out how to have the eye in the upper left - an interesting puzzle.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Thanks everyone. Actually I think it may be a baby beluga Artie, I'm terrible with spacial concepts but I'll try and figure out how to have the eye in the upper left - an interesting puzzle.

In PS:
Layer from Background
Flip Horizontal
Flip Vertical

I prefer the original orientation, though...

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Arthur Morris]

Michael, Did you actually do the flipping?

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Michael, Did you actually do the flipping?

Artie, Sorry, should have posted it before... from above steps (should have said I simply flipped the canvas)...



Alternatively, one could just rotate the canvas 180 degrees, or if you wanted to see it mirrored, flip one direction (say horizontal) then rotate 90 degrees to put the eye in the upper left.


Cheers,

-Michael-

[Andrew McLachlan]

Cheryl, this is very cool!

[Arthur Morris]

Thank you sir :) It does not look as good as I thought that it would....

[Arthur Morris]

Perhaps a re-do in this vein....

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Artie,

I find my eye drawn too much to the eye when it is on top and I lose the abstraction. Trying various flips I saw this one (just one flip horizontal)... where I first saw the baby beluga :



ymmv (as you may remember as - your mileage may vary)...

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Christopher Miller]

Excellent work, Cheryl! I love the curve of the feathers and beak, and the gradient BG. I like the first version the best. Very nicely done!

[Cheryl Slechta]

My beluga is getting dizzy