Beverly....this has got to be my favorite this week! He is really staring you down!
You captured it perfectly!
I also love to read your advice to some of the others...It is very helpful
hhski wrote:
Great job with the focus and pp effects. How did you cut out the wasp? Another BG stunner.
Thanks, Howard! Someone else asked about the selective color technique I used, so here it is again (from page 2 of this thread):
My technique for selective color is basically to have my original layer under a BW conversion layer and apply a layer mask to the BW layer. [Your layer mask will be white, so you will use BLACK paint to mask out areas and WHITE paint to restore or erase any mistakes.] Using various brush sizes at various softness/hardness (to match sharper or softer areas of the image) I paint the BW areas on the mask to reveal the color layer beneath. Start out with 100% opacity and if there are some areas you want the color to fade, as I did on his right wing, use a larger brush at lower opacity with WHITE paint and paint that area to reveal more of the BW layer again. Zoom in, of course, for precision work. A handy keyboard shortcut: to toggle between black and white paint, press the letter X key.
TRENTPULL wrote:
Beverly,
That is one mean looking critter! I love your commentary as it gives this guy some personality. Your attention to details is superb and the contrast really makes this standout since most of us are familiar with Hummer feeders. My mother in law has just such a feeder on her patio and the local finches have learned how to get to the liquid. When the feeder gets empty, there is a lot of racket by the birds letting us know it is time to refill. We joke that there is a new generation of finches with diabetic profiles.
This excellent creation definately deserves to be amoung the finalists.
Trent...Show more →
Trent! Thanks for your generous feedback, and the delightful story. The diabetic profiles made me laugh. I suspect these wasps would love your apple, too. :-)
Patricia March wrote:
Beverly....this has got to be my favorite this week! He is really staring you down!
You captured it perfectly!
I also love to read your advice to some of the others...It is very helpful
All the best
Patty
Thanks, Patty, you always leave such nice comments. I do value your feedback very much!! So many great entries this week, seems like everyone has had fun.
