High Key Loon

[Paul Lagasi]

Did you ever have one of images, that, no matter how hard you try, no ideas seem to come up for its processing.

Well, the image below was one such image.

Then I saw Zebra II and it all changed.

Thanks for the inspiration and idea Mario...thats what BPN is all about

Selected black color, copied and pasted on white background, copied eye and pasted into image, selected red color of eye and painted it lightly into reflection.

Framed in Black...

Thanks for looking...I might hang this one

[denise ippolito]

Very nice high key BG. I like the way you composed this. I might run NR on the reflection. Sharp with great looking eye. I'd hang it too!

[Steve Adkins]

Wonderful vision on this one, Paul. I like it a lot! Very hangable.

[Steve Maxson]

Very nicely done, Paul! Here's another vote for some NR to smooth out the reflection of the head.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Paul, this is quite nice. I love it. Great high-key look. If it were mine I think I would darken the head reflection so that it is as dark as the head of the loon. Wonderful processing!

[Indranil Sircar]

Paul, I like the hk look and it works very well.

[John Storjohann]

Paul you nailed this...my only comment would be to echo Denise's suggestion about reducing the noise in the reflection. Everything else about the image and the processing is so spot on. Well done!