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by Jackie Schuknecht on Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:41 pm
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Congratulations! This is the Image of the Week selection for the Photo and Digital Art Gallery, week ending 25th November, 2011!Just added two textures, touch of Orton, warmed up the colour balance.
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by Steve Petersen on Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:31 am
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I like it allot! I am partial to eagles however.
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by Gary Briney on Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:28 pm
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That is some intense stare Jackie -- for some reason it reminds me of the poster from WWII "Uncle Sam needs you!" Very effective composition and use of textures -- a terrific image!
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by Jackie Schuknecht on Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:38 pm
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Never thought of the poster Gary, but I think you are right, we just need the finger point now:)
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by Cynthia Crawford on Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:59 am
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Quite the look, Jackie- very cool treatment. There is something quite human-like about it's expression and the way you've cropped so it has shoulders. The background adds to the illusion. :wink: Wish I had a witty caption-it sort of begs for one. :)
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by Jim Neely on Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:20 pm
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Good looking stare, Jackie. Almost a human like expression. Nice treatment, too.

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by Gary Briney on Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:43 pm
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Jackie Schuknecht wrote:Never thought of the poster Gary, but I think you are right, we just need the finger point now:)
Great title by the way -- that could also be a De Niro stare, in which the finger would point the other way ;)
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by Jackie Schuknecht on Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:26 pm
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Thanks for the comments, I never realized how anthropomorphic this guy was til the comments; Gary observant as always :!:
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Jackie Schuknecht wrote:Never thought of the poster Gary, but I think you are right, we just need the finger point now:)
Great title by the way -- that could also be a De Niro stare, in which the finger would point the other way ;)
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by Colin Inman on Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:26 am
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Got some real human qualities for sure, great treatment.
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by Mark Fuge on Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:17 pm
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Nice image and application, Jackie.

If you weren't Canadian, I would think you were making a political statement of the American Eagle looking down on the current antics of our government.

I do like the expression you captured here. Very humanistic ... :wink:
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by d800 on Fri Nov 25, 2011 9:08 pm
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Jackie - - just curious as to your post prod. with this image. I checked out Orton and it describes combining out of focus and sharp focus togeather in layers. I assume you close-cut the chief subject here and combined him with a textured background. Where is the Orton or how does it reveal itself?
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by Jackie Schuknecht on Fri Nov 25, 2011 9:15 pm
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Gary, the Orton was just used as 10 percent to give it more punch. I masked out the bird for two different textures and the Orton applied last to the WHOLE image. It is a very subtle effect here. Hope that explains it.
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by LHays on Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:31 am
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This one made me smile. Congrats on a well deserved win.
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by steve mackay on Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:56 pm
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Happy days Jackie!, wonderful creation and such a cool and well deserved IOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
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by Jackie Schuknecht on Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:41 am
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Thanks Lana and Steve, I appreciate your comments!
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