Great Blue Heron, Cannas, and Flaming Pear

Love the richness and saturated quality of this one Christina. This could certainly be a book illustration!

and I think we all need help.....

Christina Evans wrote:
Just wondering -- is there a FPA (Flaming Pear Anonymous) group anywhere nearby? I think I need help.

Beautiful nature shot.

Its a long queue to get in Christina . It has to be one of the most realistic effects out there and I think thats why it works so well for many images. In this one here, it would be very hard to know if it was used or not to be honest. Incredible in fact. Nice work and shot BTW. I must say I like that frame as well. Always appealed this type of see through frame. Better than a solid one IMHO, especially for nature shots.

All the best Christina, excellent work and man, it looks real

Danny.

love the colors...reminds me of that french painter who painted jungle scenes....

Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lisa

Awesome Creation Christina, has a 3-D effect, what did you do?????

Love the border as well :) :) :)

Parrothead Pete wrote:love the colors...reminds me of that french painter who painted jungle scenes....

I was just thinking that, very well done Christina

Looks like a book cover !!!! Gorgeous !!!! I love the result of all the subtle effects !!!! :) :)

Superb - as Pete says very Henri Rouseau

See: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/ro ... combat.jpg

Mike Gallo wrote:Awesome Creation Christina, has a 3-D effect, what did you do?????

Love the border as well :) :) :)

What did I do? Good question and not sure I can remember fully -- but I mainly used Mr. Contrast and Aetherize filters (they seem to be my favorites) on overlapping layers and with different settings and opacities. The bird itself, I pretty much left almost as the original by erasing out that part on some layers. The border was also done with those two filters and also the "Silver" filter -- which gave me a really great effect which I then inverted and erased out much of the center, I also applied a drop shadow to it. I tried a bunch of things, many of which I later deleted -- it's hard to know which! It's just a fun trial and error process.

Thanks again, all. I love the energy in this forum. Sometimes wish I had nothing to do all day but this.

Beautiful. Looks like a painting or illustration.

Quite beautiful indeed!

Beautiful!!!!! I love the effect. Carol W

Love this painting and very unique BG.