Lama

[Brendan Dozier]

Saw these wonderful lamas that were on private property. Loved the face and wooly coat. CS5 and PB oil, gausian blur on BG.

[Dennis Bishop]

The straight-on pose and facial expression make this very appealing. The colors are just great together, and I like the Pixel Bender effect on the hair. Nice job.

[Indranil Sircar]

Brendan, this is excellent and probably a first on OOTB! I too love the straight-on pose and the expression. Great details and the filter effects enhances it further. Nicely done!

[Joe Senzatimore]

Very well done. Just enough processing to keep it clean. Fine job on selective focus. The face is sharp from the tip of the nose to the eyes. The slight softness of the ears add to the image. Like this very much.

[Judy Howle]

I too like the straight-on pose and the filtering on the llama is perfect!

[Maureen Allen]

llamas are so cool, but they have really funky teeth

Very nice processing on this one, Brendan.

[Gus Hallgren]

WOW! Perfect with just the right amount of PB, best I have seen, are your adjustments secret

Brendan, Thanks for sharing your eye opener.

I love it

Gus

"“The earth laughs in flowers.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson" But llamas are right up there too

[Paul Lagasi]

Pretty cool looking image and PB works so well with this furry animal...nice work

[Nancy Bell]

Excellent! I have hiked often with llamas and you captured a great expression head on! I can see he is grinding his jaws just a bit, probably still chewing on something. PB is so perfect for hair & you did a great job. BTW, how did you keep the details in the long hairs so well while blurring the bkgd?

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Brendan, one of the best Llama portraits I have seen...love the PB work too!

[Brendan Dozier]

Thanks everyone, much appreciated, and I now know how to correctly spell Llama!

WOW! Perfect with just the right amount of PB, best I have seen, are your adjustments secret

No secrets, just being lazy about the details, I guess. The main thing I did in CS5 other than the standard adjustments from Artie's Digital Basics, was to dodge the left side of the head and face to try and even it out some with the rt. side. With PB oil, I create a new layer of the whole image, then apply it, then use soft eraser to reveal details I want to keep, like in the eyes, nose, and mouth.

BTW, how did you keep the details in the long hairs so well while blurring the bkgd?

For the blur on BG, I select just the BG, create a layer, apply Gaussian blur to that layer, then use soft eraser to remove any blur left around the edges of the Llama.

[Anita Bower]

Excellent portrait on a Llama! Your post processing brought out the best aspects. I like that slightly crooked mouth. :-) I think I'd like to see the ears a bit lighter. Thanks for sharing your tips on post processing--always good to learn more.

[denise ippolito]

Love it! Perfect filtering and great pose!!