The Elusive Tiger

[Nancy Bell]

Real Tiger photographed in India, March 2012. I wanted to emphasize the difficulty in seeing tigers in the golden environment of early spring before the plants turned green. I also wanted to show the coiled power of the tiger. I used Topaz B&W, high key III to remove the colors of the original image. Then I overlayed a fire texture (from CGTextures.com) and free transformed where I wanted. I reduced some of the fire effect on the tiger. Then I used Fractalius. Then with Topaz Adjust 5 I used shadow recovery and then sepia. I erased the effects on the eyes back to the B&W image.

[Christopher Miller]

Very cool effect, Nancy! I like how the tiger blends in yet you can still easily see it. Well done.

[Steve Adkins]

Wonderful effects, Nancy! Bringing back the eyes really adds the perfect organic element.

[Maureen Allen]

Really wonderful, Nancy

[Kerry Perkins]

Super work Nancy, the image really conveys your thoughts! I would suggest bringing back some detail around the nose and mouth areas as well. Love the fracting and hot colors!

[Paul Lagasi]

Very nicely done, Nancy. The effect is super.

[Nancy Bell]

Thank you all! Kerry, I also thought about a bit more detail in the face.

[denise ippolito]

Very nice Nancy! I am so happy for you that you got to see these beautiful animals and photograph them. You did a great artistic rendition!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Nancy, my new favorite of yours. Beautifully done!