― Artistic Expression Critique ⇒ Egrets

[minniev]

Another paint-oriented experiment. A mix of stuff. Tell me what you think.

[Psjunkie]

Like the main image but the border seem distracting fo me, maybe feathered more I'm not sure......

[minniev]

Like the main image but the border seem distracting fo me, maybe feathered more I'm not sure......

Thanks Frank, I wondered if I was trying to experiment with too many things at once. Will relook the edging, it is all layered so I can keep fiddling as I often do.

[PietFrancke]

reduce the yellow blur on the beaks a hair, it grabs the attention too quickly. Perhaps brighten the legs a little.. One other thought - the colors of the birds seem to be blending into the background, rather, consider blending the colors of the background a hair into the birds.

[minniev]

reduce the yellow blur on the beaks a hair, it grabs the attention too quickly. Perhaps brighten the legs a little.. One other thought - the colors of the birds seem to be blending into the background, rather, consider blending the colors of the background a hair into the birds.

Thanks for these specific ideas Piet. I know you pursue some of these fantasies that lie between photography and art, and i appreciate your knowledge.

[Charles Haacker]

I like it very much! I agree with Frank that the border needs something, softened, blended into the wood behind it so that it doesn't look so sharply cut out. I like the effect, but I think the edge looks cut as opposed to torn and feathered. I also agree with Piet that I'd like to see their legs. One of the things I love about all these crane-type birds is the way they stretch everything out aerodynamically, the legs straight out behind with the toes pointed, like ballerinas en pointe. I realize that lightening their legs is a 3 or 400% strain-the-eyes job, but I think it's worth it.

[minniev]

I like it very much! I agree with Frank that the border needs something, softened, blended into the wood behind it so that it doesn't look so sharply cut out. I like the effect, but I think the edge looks cut as opposed to torn and feathered. I also agree with Piet that I'd like to see their legs. One of the things I love about all these crane-type birds is the way they stretch everything out aerodynamically, the legs straight out behind with the toes pointed, like ballerinas en pointe. I realize that lightening their legs is a 3 or 400% strain-the-eyes job, but I think it's worth it.

Thanks, Chuck. I can easily shrink or even remove the border since it's only a clipping mask anyway. Fixing their legs may be harder, but blessedly screen enlargement gives us a fighting chance! Once I actually stole some legs from another egret and "built" a bird some better legs, just to see if I could!

Love the comparison to a ballerina en pointe. These birds often remind me of dancers, too.

[St3v3M]

What do you think about extending the background to the edges? S-