flying free

Posted by amy (Nanaimo, BC, Canada) on 11 May 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

Some more Tundra Swans. I had to fiddle. Added a little texture and a colour layer. And now that I have Corel Paint Shop Pro (found the disc in my camera bag... must've come with something, I just don't know what?! LOL!!!) I have a few different frame layers to use.

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Comments (25)

e. from New York, NY, United States

This is so beautiful! I really love what you did with these flowers.

11 May 2008 5:31am

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

That is a sweet shot. I love the slight blur that gives it movement.

11 May 2008 6:04am

Helen from Melbourne, Australia

I like this one. The frame gives that impression of speed and wind. Particularly because of the way you framed it with the goose on the right almost touching the white area. Nice job Amy, very nice. This would work very well commercially. This is 5* work

11 May 2008 6:32am

@Helen: Always thank you Helen!! And my ego even more so.. LOL!!!

MOHAMMAD from BANDAR ABBAS, Iran

nice shot

11 May 2008 7:34am

Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom

Great crop and I love what you've done in processing!

11 May 2008 8:07am

Earnest from Oklahoma, United States

Excellent, Amy. Your nice cool air has fallen south again... This time it's rather welcome.

11 May 2008 11:24am

zOOm from Paris, France

Beautiful birds ! I like the texture here and the frame around it. Creative.

11 May 2008 11:39am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

I love what you did with it Amy, wow :0

11 May 2008 11:56am

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

very nice framing and photoshop work

11 May 2008 12:51pm

Roberta from Rocky Mtn House, Canada

Nice one. Is it the texture layer that makes it look like there are leaves on the trees?!

11 May 2008 1:50pm

@Roberta: Yes, it's from the texture layer. It's a cement wall with blotches on it .. worked perfectly (well, IMHO LOL)

Craig from Vacaville, California, United States

Too cool!

11 May 2008 3:22pm

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

You never cease to impress. Great shot amy.

11 May 2008 5:05pm

Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada

You are having fun. I love Corel's PSP. This is a great artistic work of your tundra swans. What beautiful creatures. Have a Happy Mother's day too.

11 May 2008 7:33pm

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

Sweet shot, Amy! Love the processing ... excellent work!

11 May 2008 8:24pm

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Terrrific work, especially the colour range you chose, and the swans in flight are just perfect.

11 May 2008 9:21pm

Paul van der Meer from Valkenswaard, Netherlands

Amy, this is so great and beautiful!!

11 May 2008 10:19pm

Cheryl from Boerne, United States

I don't know..I think I liked your first version better..both are wonderful though

11 May 2008 10:28pm

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

Love what you've done with this. Super post Amy!

12 May 2008 1:25am

drphoto from Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

It looks like a watercolour painting, beautiful and delicate.

Dan

12 May 2008 2:36am

Sarah [ cupcake] from Statesville, United States

very nice. simiple and elegant.

12 May 2008 2:41am

Gary from Cochise County, United States

Amazing. Very nice Amy.

12 May 2008 11:52pm

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

gorgeous!

13 May 2008 1:44am

Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States

Lovely shot! i like the processing work.

13 May 2008 1:59pm

Angry Buddha from Phoenixville, United States

The brushed edge is great touch.

20 May 2008 1:14pm

Anne from White Rock, Canada

Great catch with the airborne swans Amy! Its just lovely! Your processing techniques just get better and better! Sorry to be so late posting - have been busy with getting the garden sorted out, bedding plants, some photoshop tips flash movie projects and still trying to rescue my other web site so I can post them on the web (not the photoblog). Getting old is no fun at all - I keep falling asleep trying to watch TV. There was a time I remember doing six things at once - I wonder how long ago that was! ;-)

PS. Paint shop pro (my old disc won't run on Vista) and PhotoImpact (that works for the most part) are just great programs to keep for borders and other effects that take much longer in Photoshop or you have to hunt for actions and filters somewhere!

23 May 2008 7:44am

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