Bulbul ala Klimt
Hi all. I captured this red-whiskered bulbul at the LA Arboretum a couple of weekends ago. Thanks to Mark Fuge for suggesting that I use it for a painting. I did several versions of this in DAP (Dynamic Auto Painter) and liked this Klimt treatment the best. Started with this image - Red-whiskered Bulbul - that I posted in ETL. Used Topaz Simplify (BuzSim preset) to get a basic painterly look, then took the image to DAP and auditioned some famous painters...Some selective masking was used to bring back detail in the eye and head. The Klimt preset requires a mask, so I painted over the bird to protect it from the treatment. A really fun program with lots of variation possible. My computer is a Mac, but I use Parallels to run Windows 7 for those apps and plugs that are only made for PC, e.g., DAP and Fractalius.
