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    A skimmer pose that I used Fract Sketch 1 with about 50% Luminosity blend mode. I tried different crops but I was comfortable with this one.
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    Cheryl, I really like the "in your face" framing of the skimmer. The deep rich brown tones, set off by the bright orange bill is great. I took me a bit to find the eye. Of course I've got pretty lousy vision, and for old-timers like me, you might consider brightening it a bit, specially with that great catch-light. Great wing forward pose.......... Good stuff!

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    Cheryl, this is different than most of the work I've seen you post...and I like it! A lot! It almost looks like a painting that's been distressed..or a painting done on an antique, distressed pane of wood. Great catch light in the eye...I love the subtle differences in the tones of brown that create a sense of depth...well composed, excellent processing. If you don't mind my asking...what effect did it have on the image to change the blend mode to Luminosity on the Fractalius layer? I've played with blend modes a bit after using the plug-in, but to date without much success...

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    Jay and John - thank you both for your comments. Jay - skimmer eyes are so weird to me - they're not in the right place and are so dark they get lost (I recently dodged a catchlight only to discover it was a piece of sand - the eye was about 1/2 inch higher up) John - I always try lots of blend modes when I'm using Fractalius - I'm not sure what the other modes looked like on this image but the look can be totally different depending on which one you use. I believe I got a much more textured look with it than normal blending mode. I usually use normal, luminosity or soft light. Hopefully Denise will answer this also since my answer is the kindergarten answer - she'll be able to give you a professor answer
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    Cheryl, I like this one a lot. The framing is nice and tight, you could even tighten up the comp on the top a sliver if you wanted to but it's fine as is. I love skimmers and feel a bond with them after spending so much time watching them make their shallow nest scrapes, watch as they reposition themselves over their eggs, see the chicks running around the colony with some getting into grave danger, young skimmers skimming for the first time, hearing their bark-like calls throughout the beach, watching them bank as they come in for a landing with those long stretched out wings. As I was coming off the beach this morning Artie helped me find the right word for the feelings I would soon have as the skimmers leave the beach for the season- melancholy.

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    Quite a interesting pose Cheryl! I like the fract work very much, it goes well with the rich brown tones and the orange beak.

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    Hi Cheryl, nicely framed and fracted too!

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    Wonderful composition! The fractilus works quite well here. Lovely colors. I wish I could see the eye a bit better, that it stood out a bit more. Am I seeing some type of bluish shadow along to top of the head?

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    Excellent composition, Cheryl. Very nice use of fract.

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    Hi Cheryl, this one looks really good to me! I like the close-up point of view and the nice eye contact. Good use of Fractalius for a nice effect. I like the crop as presented, and also find it very interesting as a pano crop - cropping from the bottom to just remove the white area in the LLC. Very nice!
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