Condiments
by BAMartin

Comment by JuliBoc:
Oooo, razzle-dazzle. Love all the ziggy lines. It's almost dizzying. (Did I get enough 'Z's in that comment?)

Sleepy
by BAMartin

Comment by Melethia:
Just the right amount of pop, I think. I love that spread of feathers in the left-center foreground. In fact, I wonder what it would look like as a squarish crop? Try cutting a bit off the left side, maybe to the edge of the neck, and keep the two feathers sticking up on the right - crop the rest. Like so:

(All that said, 'tis lovely as it is!)

Message edited by author 2009-05-15 15:59:42.

Sleepy
by BAMartin

Comment by colorcarnival:
oooh look at the textures in the feathers. This one makes me gasp - it's so beautiful!

Peacock Window
by BAMartin

Comment by Balko:
love the treatment and color

Condiments
by BAMartin

Comment by Balko:
Simplicity is best as you have proven.

Condiments
by BAMartin

Comment by bmartuch:
This is really cool.

Red Parrot
by BAMartin

Comment by Melethia:
This is one of those instances where Topaz doesn't help with the background much. I find it tends to pull it forward if that makes sense. I suck at masking, but if you can do it, you may want to mask off the bird and just apply the Topaz to it.

Peacock Window
by BAMartin

Comment by Melethia:
Love the portrait drama setting - it really brings out detail nicely without overdoing it - and it worked marvelously here! I have no idea what Topaz Clean is. And did you up the color saturation a touch in Drama? I find it tends to desat a bit, and this looks like it has full glorious color. Lovely shot, too!

Peacock Window
by BAMartin

Comment by JuliBoc:
Oooo, I have to go back and reprocess my peacocks. This is wonderful.

Red Parrot
by BAMartin

Comment by bassbone:
really nice details you were able to pull out in the parrots feathers. I agree with the others, the background is a bit blotchy now...maybe a bit of blur to get rid of the bumps?