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Beautiful work, beautiful processing Gary. I love the almost monotone and the open beak. Lovely!
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Beautiful -- I love the colors and that is the perfect perch!
I hope we all survive the weather -- so hot and dry out here and wet and stormy in the central and eastern states.
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A splendid pose and I really like your toning and processing!
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What a beauty! Love the simplicity and limited colors. Nice how the feet blend into the stump. Great clarity, pose and eye. There are some small spots to the right of the head, probably part of a texture, that a a little distracting to me.
How did you separate the bird from the distracting bg of the original image? You did a great job.
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Gary, this is beautifully done, especially if you started with a less than ideal image. Your filtering made it very sharp, very detailed and the monochromatic colors made it delicate at the same time.
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Thanks to all for the look and comments. Anita, the texture replaced the bg.
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Originally Posted by
gary ellwein
Anita, the texture replaced the bg.
But how did you get it so even around the bird?
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Anita, I used a layers mask. After applying the texture, I applied a layer mask. Using a black brush, I removed the texture from the thrasher.
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Originally Posted by
gary ellwein
Anita, I used a layers mask. After applying the texture, I applied a layer mask. Using a black brush, I removed the texture from the thrasher.
You did an excellent job!
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The Quick Selection tool is often quite good to isolate a subject. Then turn that selection into a mask by clicking on the icon to make a layer mask, and paint with black or white to refine where necessary. Leave the mask for future refinements if necessary.
If that's not good enough, Topaz Remask is very good -- easy to use but not exactly intuitive.
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You did a great job with this one. The image jumps out because of the simplicity tones. I really like this one.
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Ditto to all the comments above: this is a striking and beautiful image.
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Very nice Thrasher image, personally I'd chop a little off the left side but that's because learned behavior is tough to break. Well done