O Say Can You See...

Janet Petty · #1 02-03-2007, 05:06 PM

My friend, Derrall Brown, (www.photosandphrames.com) took these shots of this majestic eagle the same day I took the swan pictures in another post here at RetouchPRO. He has graciously allowed me to post them for people to paint but requests that they not be posted on other sites or linked to other sites.

This is such a superb bird. Please do it proud.

Janet

byRo · #2 02-03-2007, 05:50 PM

Once again we must thank you , Janet, for providing such lovely images for us to "play" with.

This, in Painter, then strokes enhanced in Photoshop.

Rô

CathyH · #3 02-03-2007, 05:54 PM

Hi Janet, very nice photo.
I smudge painted the grand fellow.
Cathy

CJ Swartz · #4 02-03-2007, 06:17 PM

Janet, another thanks to your friend for his photos of a wonderful eagle -- love the feather detail he kept in the image. Really fine work.

Rô, simply lovely and love those enhanced strokes! Good work in Painter just amazes me!

Cathy, love the smudge look, and love the retained detail in his feathers.

There's just something about a bald eagle...

Janet Petty · #5 02-03-2007, 06:22 PM

Yeah, CJ I'm jealous. He has a bigger, better lens than I do. No way could my lens have reached the bird. On the bright side. My swans came out better than his swans.

Janet

CJ Swartz · #6 02-03-2007, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Janet Petty

Yeah, CJ I'm jealous. He has a bigger, better lens than I do. No way could my lens have reached the bird. On the bright side. My swans came out better than his swans.

Janet

Ohhhh, I KNOW the feeling!!! I love looking at great bird shots, but carrying an 800mm lens (let alone paying for one!!!) would not work for me, and then it would just show that I still couldn't shoot like Art Morris http://www.birdsasart.com/ -- BUT I could sure get a better shot than I can with a 200mm lens.

I'm glad your swans were better than his swans -- only fair!!

lkroll · #7 02-03-2007, 08:31 PM

Hey Janet. Your friend Derrall has some pretty cool captures on his website. Thanks for sharing these with us.

I've been working on making Photoshop's angled brush stroke look more like hand strokes. I used Eye Candy with Jiggle preset to do just that (wide jiggles). Also started things off using a technique that I outlined here (except I rotated the canvas 30 degrees before doing so and then rotated back).

Kraellin · #8 02-03-2007, 11:58 PM

great pics, janet.

Ro, you've been practicing. very nice

also nice, cathyh.

lk, just a touch too much 'jiggle' for my tastes, but i like the idea of rotating the canvas on effects and filters.

Steve Conway · #9 02-04-2007, 11:40 AM

Maybe we need to put in a flag somewhere.

Steve C.

CJ Swartz · #10 02-04-2007, 02:49 PM

Gorgeous, Steve! Still keeps that magnificent expression.

Peter S · #11 02-04-2007, 03:35 PM

Steve it seems we're both on the same wavelength here. (Nice one)
Similar but with a texture and simple frame.

Peter

Steve Conway · #12 02-05-2007, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter S

Steve it seems we're both on the same wavelength here. (Nice one)
Similar but with a texture and simple frame.

Peter

This is one of those images that I had trouble making look like anything I was happy with. So I just did a quick diffuse and let it go at that.

Steve C.

palms1 · #13 02-05-2007, 09:18 AM

Great photo's, lovely subject ( well better than the house sparrows i try to photograph here )

Palms

Steve Conway · #14 02-05-2007, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by CJ Swartz

Gorgeous, Steve! Still keeps that magnificent expression.

Thank you much. I tried several things but this was the only one that I was really happy with.

Steve C.

MargaretM · #15 02-05-2007, 09:36 AM

Here's the majestic bird done in Painters liquid ink with outlines.
Just read a bird story in the paper that was both sad and interesting. The storms that recently swept through central Florida killing 20 people also killed the flock of Whooping Cranes that winter in Florida. Well turns out that one survived - Number 615 . This is the same one that on the flight down in December, following the ultralight, turned around and headed back north. He was rounded up eventually and rejoined the group heading south. Today humans dressed as giant whooping cranes are out to round up number 615 once again. ( Well this is the land of the KKK after all.) The headline was "Maverick crane survives." - maybe it pays to be a little different??
MargaretM
Photoshop The humans are dressed as cranes so as not to accustom the birds to humans.
I got so wrapped up in this tale I nearly forgot to attach my image.