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    Default Macaroni Fract Inspired by Indranil

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    The original was created at Hercules Bay, South Georgia on my Southern Oceans voyage with Cheeseman's Ecology Safaris. Canon 300mm f/2.8L IS with the 2X III TCand the EOS-1D MIV.

    Fracted with a tweaked Glow 100. Original eye revealed as taught to me by Denise Ippolito. Thanks Lady D.

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    Artie, this one is spectacular! Loved the base composition. The combination of fracted red bill with yellow crest really makes this stand out... certainly one of your best!

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    Art, I like the fract effect, especially the yellow. Nice revealed eye. The subject and original capture are awesome.

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    I agree that this is an extaordinary image (as always) and I too like the revealed eye. I'm curious though as to how it would present if the eye were lightened just a touch. Would it detract from that glorious yellow?

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    Thanks Indranil and Ms. Ippolito .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Woeller View Post
    I agree that this is an extaordinary image (as always) and I too like the revealed eye. I'm curious though as to how it would present if the eye were lightened just a touch. Would it detract from that glorious yellow?
    Good point. I thought about lightening the eye which is very dark in nature. I did open up the iris considerably in the original....
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    Pretty neat image, it looks like its preening, nice effects and composition solid...well done

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    Love the brilliant fract effect on the main penguin! I wonder how it would look without the white part of the left penguin?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nancy Bell View Post
    Love the brilliant fract effect on the main penguin! I wonder how it would look without the white part of the left penguin?
    I do not think that there is a natural way to eliminate it... How would you do it????
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    Here I just cloned out the white part so you can see if you like it at all.

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    Thanks Nancy. It looks nice but does not make sense to my brain since I know the original. And there is a horse's mane left over as well. But heck, it's Out of the Box.
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    Very cool OOTB composition, Artie. Love the brilliant color fract treatment against the black BG and diagonal lines. Nancy's repost is a nice option too.

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    Very nice Arthur, I love the effect on the yellow crest the best. Wonderful work. While at the Toronto Zoo last week I was able to photograph lots of endangered African Penguins and plan on fracting many of them. This image gives me lots of inspiration to do so.

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    Artie, this reminds me of a mythical flying creature with a mane. I love the colors and abstract quality.
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