Van Gogh-ish Egret

[Cheryl Slechta]

I wanted to give Flaming Pear filters a try and this is what I did - I started out with Aetherize and saved a copy. Then I used Twist followed by a Nik Contrast Color Range, Topaz Clean and I liked it but it was too subtle so I used Fractalius, layered the original Aetherize copy over it, and finally another Twist layer and Distort>Glass to get the effect I wanted. I liked the final colors and effect.
Thanks for looking. Comments and suggestions appreciated

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Cheryl, love the effects you created with the filtering, nicely done! I wonder if the greenish area on the egret on the left side should be whitened-up a bit?

[Steve Adkins]

Very cool, unique combo of effects, Cheryl. The final result is wonderful! Like the way you kept some detail in the eye and head.

[Maureen Allen]

Really nice effect Cheryl!

[Indranil Sircar]

Excellent effect and colors, Cheryl. Very much Van Gogh-ish!

[denise ippolito]

Van Gogh-ish indeed!! Excellent transformation and great combination of effects. This has your signature style all over it. I love the juiced up lores.

[Richard Lovison]

Cheryl,

This looks like a closeup of a piece of textured stained glass. Beautifully done.

Richard

[Christopher Miller]

Beautiful work, Cheryl! Love the swirled Van Gogh-ish effect. Lovely colors too. I might remove a little of the textured effect from the top of the bird's head, just enough so that's a little more sharply defined from the BG. Well done.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Thanks everyone! I appreciate it

[Arthur Morris]

Quite interesting and though I do not know much about traditional "art" there seems to be a bit of Van Gogh in there :)

[Arthur Morris]

Mazel tov :)