it's that time of year

[Kraellin]

our boy here in this photo could very well be someone's dinner pretty soon. so, i thought i'd preserve his image for posterity. he struts around the neighborhood like he's king of the roost, but sadly, he has no roost. he has no other companion turkey. so, he commands all the other roost birds to follow him around and he struts for them

feel free to use this pic on this site and do your thing. you may use your own renditions for your own enjoyment or even remuneration with no obligation to me for payment/royalties. however, you do not have permission to post this picture on other sites, except when used in a before and after context along with your own rendition(s). this image is copyrighted by myself. thus, those are my terms of use. and thus, you may also post your renditions in our own gallery here on retouchpro.

[Kraellin]

ah, might want to include the image, no?

[MiningArt]

Fine looking bird, thanks for sharing.

[0lBaldy]

Fine looking bird Craig!

[oltenius]

Thanks for the play!
Craig, John and Ol, very nice versions!
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I dropped to grow turkeys because they eat too much.
This is only my privilege! LOL
Dan

[FranS]

A little of this and a little of that.

Fran

[palms]

Nice shot Craig and great to see that i am not the only one who forgets to add the image ! ! ! !

I think it was about 3 different techniques here

Palms

[lynn55]

Beautiful turkey!


I created diffuse glow filter and soft lighten.

[Peter S]

Craig last time you post one of these critters, it was plucked, stuffed and roasted, if I remember.
Is this the "before" picture?

Peter

[lkroll]

Did some magic marker strokes this time.

[Veralisa]

...and a smudge bird for me...

[oltenius]

Fran, great colours!
Palms, nice version!
lynn55, excellent B/W + colours combination!
Lyle and his "ugly" artwork!
PeterS with his special and secret technique!
Veronica, super job!
Dan

[Kraellin]

nice framing, mining art. could be a thanksgiving greeting card

that one's a little different, OB. is that some sort of curves treatment?

very nice, dan. i like that style.

nice one, fran

that's sort of like a dry watercolor, palms, which is, as far as i'm concerned, an oxymoron. nice

almost looks like it's snowing, lynn. nice

hehe, no peter. fraid it's not my bird, but a neighbor's or it might be what is that technique you're doing? looks somewhat like an art rage type.

magic marker strokes... is that from the gimp, lyle?

that's really good, veronica. i like that

[lkroll]

Not all GIMP. I first started out using DCSpecial's ICE4 filter (favorite filter to do Van Goghs). I then Run GREYCstoration on the result, enhance the contrast, and copied the result to clipboard for some Paint Engine work using Irfanview (since this plugin won't work in GIMP). I use @Wetter2 preset. I the copy back on top of my previous result and blended to taste. Simple stuff. Like the random like strokes, but wish I could figure out how to simulate Picasso's Chicken (linking Phyllis's host since I'm too lazy to find in online).

[Kraellin]

yeah, nice chicken

thanks, lyle

[lkroll]

Should mention that I did some selective erase-throughs around the face area to retain better details. Don't want you guys to think that I was smart enought to use just filters, though you all know I do my best to try.

[Kraellin]

hehe, ok. thanks

[dkcoats]

I'll take a drumstick.

[0lBaldy]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

that one's a little different, OB. is that some sort of curves treatment?

Nope just a few screened masked layers blended with some masked fake tone-mapping to bring out some detail then some plastic from Filter Forge then a tiny bit of fake smudge.. all masked plus I think maybe some hue/saturation enhancement

(seems like I do a lot of faking doesn't it)

[Nasturtium]

a classic head swap and a grunge texture background.

[Veralisa]

Youknow, these turkeys are just too darned pretty to eat, don't you think?

[Janet Petty]

Originally Posted by Veralisa

Youknow, these turkeys are just too darned pretty to eat, don't you think?

I'll have to think about that one...........

Uhmmm, No.

Sign me, sitting with knife and fork in hand.

Gobble Gobble



P.S. Everyone here has done a great job with this big, meaty bird.

[lkroll]

Thought I should practice my carving skills too. lol

[aartist]

Happy Thanksgiving to all and thanks for the fun!

[Kraellin]

dkcoats, nice isolation.

nasturnium, i like the treatment, but why the head swap? better profile?

that's cool, lyle. ever try the woodcuts in filter forge? in fact, do you have filter forge? you, the filter/plugin guy, have it? yes, no?

aartist, very nice. a sort of pointilist?

[lkroll]

My cheapness overcame me Craig, so I never did get FF (still occasionally get email from them since I did do that initial registration a few years ago). Maybe one day. Used G'MIC and various layer blends to do this one.

[Nasturtium]

Kraellin - well I could say the the new head was prettier, but that would be lying. The new head had a little more detail, but the real reason I did it was because I could :-)

[Kraellin]

thy tight wallet shall bite you in the backside one of these days (old chinese proverb), lyle

ah, makes perfect sense to me, nasturtium *scratches his head and walks away in a daze*

and where does that name come from... 'Nasturtium' ??

[Nasturtium]

Veralisa - au contraire, they all look good enough to eat

Originally Posted by Kraellin

and where does that name come from... 'Nasturtium' ??

It was my Dad's nickname for me because he said I was his little flower

[lkroll]

Ahh, but there usually is more then one way to skin a cat. lol

My mom's from Korea (was born there myself), but my great great Grandfather was a Chinaman, so hopefully my genes will negate the proverb. lol