Christopher Harry
Juvenile Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus) 池鹭
A heron photo reimagined as an oil painting. I really liked the pose from this shot and the still water backdrop, but the exposure compensation was deliberately set low, since I was mainly shooting white egrets in the afternoon sun. As a result, when this heron flew nearby into the shade, the original exposure came out a bit too dark, especially around the head and neck. The noise, darkness and slight blur on the talons inspired me to play with this image and experiment with the oil painting filter in PS. Exposure fusion in photomatix helped flesh out the range in the exposure and a very subtle lighting effect was also applied in photoshop.
View large to see the painterly effect.
Juvenile Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus) 池鹭
A heron photo reimagined as an oil painting. I really liked the pose from this shot and the still water backdrop, but the exposure compensation was deliberately set low, since I was mainly shooting white egrets in the afternoon sun. As a result, when this heron flew nearby into the shade, the original exposure came out a bit too dark, especially around the head and neck. The noise, darkness and slight blur on the talons inspired me to play with this image and experiment with the oil painting filter in PS. Exposure fusion in photomatix helped flesh out the range in the exposure and a very subtle lighting effect was also applied in photoshop.
View large to see the painterly effect.