a bit of red by three_grrr

Photography • Animals • posted on Feb 10, 2010

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One of those "from the kitchen window" shots, and the window is a bit dirty from all the rains and snows, so the image wasn't real clean. But it was great for playing with, so I did the same thing that I did for getting the line drawing of Murphy, and then a little map displacement stuff, and then eased up on the opacity to allow the color from the original photo to show through. There's probably a faster way to arrive at the same place, but this was fun. I like how it turned out, hope you guys do, too. I'm thrilled that you all liked my little Murphy as a drawing, it's really fun to play with photos and see how all that manipulation turns out. Thank you for all the lovely comments, it's so encouraging to me. Thank you to for all the faves. I was almost all caught up about a week or so ago, but of course am way behind again, LOL! So I'm off now to browse the galleries and enjoy all the beautiful works of art y'all have produced!

Comments (46)

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Kelena

7:14PM | Fri, 12 February 2010

great

XoxoTree

10:03PM | Fri, 12 February 2010

Oh dear this is wonderful viewing. I love the soft textured palette of hues in this. What a view from your window. I love it . excellent playing and tweaking dear. stunning. :)

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Minda

2:49AM | Sat, 13 February 2010

cute photo and u did excellent shot Rita..

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CarolSassy

9:16AM | Sat, 13 February 2010

Looks very cool! Excellent work! (:

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virginiese

10:11AM | Sat, 13 February 2010

excellent capture of this beautiful bird

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Carlahoon

5:03PM | Sat, 13 February 2010

Nice work!!

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chimera46

10:14PM | Sat, 13 February 2010

Great shot and nice postwork here, I like how it came out. Also, I wish I could get great views like this one out of my kitchen window!

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JaneEden

11:32AM | Sun, 14 February 2010

I just love the effect you came up with here Rita, really well done my friend. hugs Jane xx

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DennisReed

3:57PM | Sun, 14 February 2010

Lovely Rita! Happy Valentines Day!

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neoexcello

11:00PM | Mon, 15 February 2010

WHAT A TERRIFIC EFFECT. Cardinals will always have a special place in memory because, growing up in Missouri and Kansas, in the winter there were two sources of bright color....bittersweet berries and cardinals. They always stir good feelings....but the texture on this!!!....it looks like an illustration out of an old book. I LOVE IT! I'm gonna have to try and figure this out...map displacement, huh?

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e-brink

11:44AM | Tue, 16 February 2010

Superb shot. I like the treatment and presentation too.

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gypsyflame

9:42AM | Fri, 19 February 2010

Oh how I wish we'd see the first red bird of the year...to know spring time is near...so much snow this season I'm beginning to woder if spring is eluding us...beautiful image my my friend!

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novelist

7:25PM | Fri, 19 February 2010

I was sure I commented on this. What a great photo. I love how it looks like a water color. I like the tangle of branches and how you kept the trunk outside the frame. Delightful!

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