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Flying High

This is a composite of three images. The great egret's background was the messy tangle of marsh grass and it needed a much cleaner background to be appreciated. Have a folder of sky images so I combined the two. I think both were taken with the Canon SX50, ISO 400. After viewing it as my screen saver I realized I didn't bring along his feet which were invisible in the original, so I took some for the next shot and added it to this one.

Comments and suggestions always appreciated.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on January 25, 2015 at 8:24 AM

Impressive and artistic composite, Patricia. The subject is beautifully rendered against the terrific bg.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on January 25, 2015 at 10:24 AM

I like this Patricia, feels like your flying along beside the Heron in a Fairy Tale. Your choice of background sky and the take-off pose of the Heron both work well together.
Very creative and enjoyable image, Well done . . .

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on January 25, 2015 at 11:07 AM

A beautiful image. Your Photoshopping abilities are impressive.

Registered on March 13, 2012, 279 Posts, 975 Comments

Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on January 25, 2015 at 1:07 PM

This is beautiful, Patricia! I love the pose, the lighting, and the sky you chose for the bg.

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on January 25, 2015 at 5:02 PM

The final result is a beautiful and very artistic image, Patricia. I truly like it!

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 26, 2015 at 12:42 PM

Very realistic composite. The bg is an excellent compliment to the bird.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 26, 2015 at 8:52 PM

A beautiful composite and very natural looking. I believe this is a Great Egret rather than a White Heron (white morph of Great Blue Heron), which has pale yellow legs rather than black. Anatomically, while the legs look regular in that position, they would either be mostly behind the wing or streaming straight back. Having "nitted" my nits, it is still a well made image, and as a POP photo, well within the boundaries of artistic license.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on January 27, 2015 at 10:55 AM

A striking, rather surrealistic image. Good work.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 27, 2015 at 10:27 PM

Hi patricia

This composite works well for me. you have created a colorful and beautiful scene

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on January 30, 2015 at 3:33 AM

A Painting ?..Patricia ...beautifully done

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 31, 2015 at 6:14 PM

Patricia: Jaw dr

pping wonderful! Masterfully done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on February 7, 2015 at 4:58 PM

congrats for 2 weekly picks

Fantastic!

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on February 13, 2015 at 7:19 AM

I really like this Patricia, you've done a fine job of merging the images.