Gallus Erecta

Perfectum perfecta!

Well done my friend

Pierre,

    Classic image with wonderful processing.  Thanks for sharing.  Take care, Patsy

"Gallus erecta", indeed! I was intrigued enough to research to see if indeed someone named a cock "gallus erecta", then I discovered that the name is actually "gallus gallus", and is only "erecta" in your imagination. Still, nice processing, a work of art.

I like this one Pierre . The texture has toned well with the original and lifted it from the ordinary into a work of Art . I wish I could get a similar texture for my stuff ! Just a suggestion , but I wonder what it would be like if some of the texture was masked off the head , especially round the eye . Might be worth a try . Bill

Ah my friend, such an elegant way with words... and delightful, artistic images!

I have been getting little sleep recently... now it's a possible root-kit infection on my computer. @#$%!  The 'puter still works, mostly, but is unable to run Windows Update, which is, to say the least, troubling.

I have to take a break once in a while, so here I am before I try to get some sleep.

Please don't think I have been ignoring you, or anyone else here on p.net.  I simply have LOTS on my mind with this comp problem.

Love the rooster, kinda like an 'Old Master' Painting, from The Master!

I would gladly like to blow this up and donate this to the cock breeders here in the Philippines as you know we are a country of rooster lovers. The old photo effect of the background enhanced the beauty of this photo. A wonderful creation, Pierre.

Warm regards!  -  Lester

Great image.  Thanks for sharing my friend...

Great image.Very nice work.Thanks for sharing.

My best regards.

Kallol

Excellent image processing. Love it.

Regards.

Cosmin

Jack and Cosmin and others who mentioned post processing:

I only selected the rooster, made a PSD file of him and put it on a texture picture, blended a little and that's all!

Here are the textures for anyone who wants them! Just take care to download the largest size (the original)!

Best regards

PDE

Fabulous work. A winner!

thanks to your work, this Gallus Erecta now can fly all along the time and the places, from Pompeian romances to sidereal spaces. Excellent

vezio

Great artistic work from someone with inventive ideas!  Cheers!

very nice work.

This brings the following to my mind, somehow:

Canta el gallo, canta el gallo
Con el quiri, quiri, quiri, quiri, quiri.
     .............................
Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mí.

compliments -koushik

Pierre, this is a beautiful shot. Very artistic!

Pierre,this is a lovely portrait of an warrior,he looks like,I try me too few time with this subject but not content by result because in the farm where I was they are very bad,I was with an eye on camera and the other to watch my back,joking.I like bg texture you used for this,fit well.My best thoughts to you.

Lovely gallito with a great presentation. My little friend from Peru has a passion for rusters and for thanking me she sends me the most lovely hand made Rusters with a lovely message.  Warm regards mi amigo.

Pierre,

"A short Chicken story."

Funny how you would just happen to have a shot of a Chicken out here for critique. I guess timing is everything! BTW, it's a great shot showing all the details, and I like the PP work too!

One of my younger Sisters lives in a country setting north of Dallas, TX. As we were raised in the country on a farm, we always had Chickens for the fresh eggs as well as the Sunday dinner. So, my li'l Sis decided she wanted to raise some there on their 10 acres. Obtained a nice "store bought" Chicken house, and built an enclosure attached to it to contain them.

Knowing my Sister, by the time it was "said & done," she probably spent about half of what I've got in that "fancy lens" of mine that you refer to!

Now, her neighbors complain about the Rooster, but she's become attached to them and don't want to get rid of him. I guess of all the Chicks she had purchased of which were all supposed to be Hens, she got the one Rooster and now does not know what to do with him. I think she's even considering moving!

Ah, . . . "The power of Roosters!"

Jim, there is a hole in your chick story! You say all the chicks were supposed to be hens!? Was your little sis that little so that she didn't know that hens don't go without a rooster! I mean, what's the farm for then?

Cheers my friend!

PDE

questa a mio vedere è un capo d'opera,complimenti !!!

saluti paul

Hey Pierre !!! That's typically a french shot !!! ;o) Excellent !!! B.R. 

Great effect, processing  and capture, nice work.

Welcome and thank you, Luc!

Unfortunately I'm not French, just my artistic name is!

Chris,

It is not effect, just a texture I downloaded from Flicr!

Thank you

PDE

Lovely effect colour and presentation, nice work.