Great Blue Heron

[Janet Petty]

Enjoy these shots taken last Saturday on the White River in Arkansas, USA. We were able to float quite close to these birds, who are used to humans invading their territory.

Janet

[pavel123]

Janet,

Thank you for great photos. They are so good that I personally need to build up courage to mess them up.

Pavel

[palms]

It's ok Pavel in another thread Janet has said she is away on vacation ( hopefully taking more great photo's) so come on anything goes

Palms

[Steve Conway]

These birds have a wider range than I thought. They are very prevelant in the southeastern U.S. also.

Steve C.

[pavel123]

Originally Posted by Steve Conway

These birds have a wider range than I thought. They are very prevelant in the southeastern U.S. also.

Steve C.

I've seen a few in Montreal...that probably makes the range even wider

[Peter S]

I had to stop with this one. I could have carried on And on with it.

Peter

[lkroll]

Yet another reticulated watercolor.

[bcarll]

Just last summer we rescued a Blue Heron from the creek on my property. He had gotten tangled in the barbed wire fence along the bank but the good news is he survivied after a couple weeks in a rescue sanctuary. He was a handfull to take care of and that beak is a very dangerous weapon. We have several bait companys in the area and they don't like the herons for obvious reasons. The birds like to sit in their ponds and partake of the minnows for an easy dinner. We can only hope the two can live together in harmony and share the food.
Here is my painting of your heron -- kind of a light water coloring.

bcarll

[cardmnal]

Great pics Janet


Here is my oil version.



Alan

[lkroll]

...Map>Make Seamless. Also adjusted focus/saturation a bit.

Edit:

Used the Seamless Tile along with GIMP's Small Tile and Mathmap with Sphere with Reflection to create this Amazing Circle.

[palms]

Thought i would take another stab at one before Janet is back ( soon i think )

Palms

[Janet Petty]

Oh man, you guys are doing great. I'm impressed. Keep playin' please.

Janet

[palms]

I have been experimenting again
first one with fractalius
second one fractalius and buzz

[Janet Petty]

Way cool Palms. You rock.

Janet

[lkroll]

Now that's too cool Palms.

[lkroll]

OK; been working on a fake Poincaré technique that I've outlined here (though I have developed a cool anti-Polar cleaning technique that I've not shared yet at DPR). Thought I would repackage my last effort into this one.

[Joeven]

I tried a watercolor on this one.

Joe

[Janet Petty]

Really nice Joe. I like the technique you used.

And Lyle, you are creative as always. Keep smilin'.

Janet

[lkroll]

Just another excuse to use my new Feathers AOP.

click link for complete rendering; attached is a crop.

http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/1...apfeathers.jpg

[aartist]

Thanks for the fun!

I really like Palms' translucent quality.
Very Striking!