Bright Bird!

Did a Gaussian blur on background, then brought back with Soft Light.

well done ..and great capture

Kim, another beauty. I don't know where you find all these birds; they don't live in Virginia 6/6

Lovely photograph. Sharpness, color and contrast are top notch.

 

You did a very good job on that background. I am just a bit confused though. I understand guassian blur and I understand the soft light blending mode. I am not sure how they go together in this application though. I'll have to experiment if it gives results like this because its about as good as it gets.

 

I am almost hesitant to make suggestions. But I will anyway. I think it would have been good if you had brightened the eye just a bit to enhance the catch light.

 

In any event its a very classy piece of work.

Larry, I made a layer with Gaussian Blur on about 40 (it looks incredibly blurred). I then selected Soft Light and painted most of the bird back as the original layer underneath.

 

Didn't go into great detail in the initial posting, but that's how I did this effect. Thanks for visiting, everyone! Sondra, we are known as the "birdiest city" (Corpus Christi), so there is no shortage of birds here.

I'm inpressed I know how long it takes to get good bird pics. LS

Thanks for visiting, Lynn. It takes lots of patience to get bird shots, but it helps when you have many birds in your yard!

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Great photo Kim, i just love your bird shots. You must have loads of patience. Great job and well done, regards!

Rafik, I can sit for hours taking bird shots and I don't even feel the cold or discomfort. Otherwise, all bets are off on my patience level and tolerance for cold! :) Thanks for visiting, everyone.

Your PS work has made the background really glow. Very successful.

Thanks, Colin. I need to try something different this weekend instead of birds!

Another excellent job, Kim....!!!

Very nice, Kim. Your bird shots continue to be very successful. Nice blending choice and you taught me something - I hadn't been aware of the blending options.

PN is probably where I have learned the most about PS, Ken, so I don't mind sharing what I know.