Upland Fractalius

[Andrew McLachlan]

I have spent much of the last week running my daughter around for her upcoming dance recital (today is the big day) and yesterday as we drove home along our road I noticed this Upland Sandpiper on one of the fence posts bordering one of the fields. I always have my camera on the front seat with me for such situations I turned the car around and drove up alongside the fence post and grab a few shots before it flew down into the grasses of the field. I used Fractalius and completely desaturated the image in Fractalius and applied this to a duplicate layer that I then reduced the opacity of that layer to lessen the Fractalius effect and bring back a little color too.

Look forward to comments.

[Nancy Bell]

Well done. I love the minimalist approach that emphasizes lines and shapes with just a hint of color.

Good luck with the dance recital! Photos maybe?

[Indranil Sircar]

Beautiful composition Andrew. Love the pose and the bg. Touch of color works well too.. agree with Nancy, minimalist approach makes this stand out. Very nice processing.

[Douglas Bolt]

Nicely done. Clean and well composed.

[Maureen Allen]

Really nice, Andrew. Love the simplicity of this. There is one little section in the middle of the rock (or whatever that is he is standing on) that might benefit from a little sharpening.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Andrew, I love the minimalist approach, the desaturation and then the touch of color. I agree with Maureen about the one section of rock (good eye, Maureen) but except for that I wouldn't change a thing.

[John Storjohann]

Beautifully done...love the minimalist approach...good suggestion by Maureen, and, if it were mine, I might saturate the colors JUST a tad. I am always impressed by your work with this plug-in.

[denise ippolito]

Andrew, A beautiful capture! Nice composition, pose and the Fractalius you applied is just perfect. Hope your daughter's recital went well. I'd love to see some images!!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks folks for the comments, much appreciated. The small out-of-focus element is the front-most part of the large fence post...will take another look...good eye and thanks!