Spoonbills (NIK Color Efex Pro 3.0 )

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Sony A850~Sony 70-400G@400mm~ISO 1600~1/1600 sec~F6.3~manual exposure~HH~overcast~5-11-2011~High Island, Texas~CS5/NIK Color Efex Pro 3.0 (detail Stylizer~wierd lines)
NIK dropped Color Efex Pro 3.0 price (temporarily) by $100, and I couldn'nt resist.
Image had a white background, pretty easy to select the subjects and apply- detail Stylizer~wierd lines.
regards~Bill

A slideshow of images posted at Texas Photo Forum 199 of them

[Dan Brown]

Very unique, Bill! The only issue for me that would be an improvement would be to separate the landing birds head from the perched bird. They seem to be merged together in the weird lines! The wings merge also but it's ok up there IMO! Nice effect!

[Richard Lovison]

William,

Very creative. I love the composition, pattern of the lines and the translucent quality of the wings. I agree with Dan... I would like to see a bit more separation in the birds as they seem to merge as one with the effect used.

Richard

[denise ippolito]

Something different for sure. Agree w/ comments regarding a bit more separation.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Bill, this is kinda cool. My 3 year old daughter is looking at this one with me and she thinks the spoonbills have butterfly wings.

[Brendan Dozier]

This is a very unique and cool looking treatment, Bill. I also agree, that some more seperation of birds would make it stronger. I think you are definitely on to something with this.

[Christopher Miller]

Wow! That's a wild effect, Bill! I love it. For some reason, it makes the perch and birds look rather like a sculpture to me. Well done!