Birds

Avocet as Art

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I was playing with the Topaz labs filters again today and this time used the Lens Effects filters to create the illusion of great speed or a pan blur. The nice thing about using software to create a pan blur is that you have to get some part (preferably the eye) in focus and that is really hard in camera. Using a filter like this made it a snap!

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Great Grey Owl as Art

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This one is not as painterly as I normally like to do, but it is really kind of cool and kind of spooky look that I created with Topaz Labs – Lens Effects plugin. The filter creates the illusion of a fisheye lens…

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Barred Owl as Art

Abstract Forest - Barred Owl

I’ve really been enjoying adding textures and other elements to images to make new artistic interpretations.

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Sandpiper as Art

 

Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri

I was just in Texas and had a great day or so photographing shore birds on High Island this little Western Sandpiper image had such great colors that I gave it a workover and made this painting.

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Least Tern as Art

I was photographing Least Terns in Biloxi and I wanted to play with a couple of them to see how they would look converted to art. I took a portion of an image and made this panorama. I hope you like it.

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