Pheasant feathers

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted December 10, 20072,082 views12 comments

I came across this pile of pheasant feathers next to the road recently. I am assuming that a hunter cleaned his birds at the side of the road before heading home. When processing the RAW in DPP, I clicked on the "linear" button under contrast, and these amazing colors appeared. I applied a simple version of the Orton technique to soften the feathers. Comments/critiques welcome. Thanks for looking.

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12 comments

Comment posted by Christine Adams on December 10, 2007 at 8:51 AM

Hi Rob!! I'd be tickled to pieces to get these results, Very cool!! I love the colors and the softness.

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Comment posted by Laurie Braman on December 10, 2007 at 10:56 AM

Love it! The colors, the feathery highlights--suberb.

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Comment posted by David Weber on December 10, 2007 at 1:32 PM

An outstanding work of photoart Rob!

Beautiful colors and sweet softness.

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Comment posted by Paul Wegemann on December 10, 2007 at 2:25 PM

The colors and textures are amazing. Fine work!

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on December 10, 2007 at 7:45 PM

Great colors and light Rob. Beautiful image.

Pat

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on December 10, 2007 at 10:34 PM

Thanks everybody. Photoart isn't my normal style, but I'm not opposed to trying it :).

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on December 12, 2007 at 4:51 AM

Oh my gosh, Rob, i didn't know what to expect, so find this pleasantly startling. Wow, the colors are great and all the details of the feathers are really cool.

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on December 17, 2007 at 9:43 PM

Congrats on the EP! I meant to comment on this one last week, but never got back to do it. It's very beautiful. The EP is well deserved

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Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on December 21, 2007 at 10:55 AM

Rob, congratulations on the EP!!! Well deserved for this shot!

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Comment posted by Peter Delaney on December 22, 2007 at 3:57 AM

you summed it up yourself

amazing colours!!! vvvwd.

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Comment posted by Harriet Holland on October 23, 2009 at 9:08 AM

Very cool Rob! I LOVE it. Thanks for sharing your technique.

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Comment posted by Alan Bryant on October 31, 2009 at 3:38 PM

Great looking image

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