Three weaver birds I captured quite some time ago, silhouetted against a cloudy sunset!
Thanks for all the well wishes you sent me yesterday!!! I am already starting to feel better, but still lacked the energy to get out with my camera... so I spent a quiet afternoon editing instead!!! :)
@soboy5 Thanks Danny!!! And thanks... I'm also glad!!! :)
@gaston_palmer Thanks very much Gaston!!! No, these were three shots I had of birds sitting on the ends of branches... so they were silhouetted against the sky. I pulled the brightness and contrast ratios, which turned the light blue sky white, and the yellow birds very dark. I then wiped out the few leaves, and used a "bucket fill" to paint the birds completely black. From there it was just a case of turning the white transparent, and putting this shot over my sunset!!! :)
@jwlynn64 Thanks John!!! It spent some time trying all the birds in all angles... but this was the best way... or so I think!
@if1 Thanks so much Ian!!! And thanks for the fav too!
@monkeykid Very clever! I could see the silhouettes were too detailed for cut/paste operations, but I didn't think of turning up contrast instead of just having a mono-coloured background.
Outstanding!! I love the way you've composed this. I can't begin to understand the elaborate processing you did (typically I just increase sharpness and maybe increase saturation to compensate for the muddy-ness that seems to come with 365 uploads), but your results are FABULOUS.
FAV!
I'm sorry you're not feeling well, but it sure hasn't dampened your creativity. :-)
@ssimon Thanks very much Stephen!!! I was originally going to name it something about stained glass...
( @ssimon@joluise Ahhhh..... thought I was picking up a relation here!!! :) Siblings!!! :) )
@filuto Thanks Jorge, and thanks for the fav too!!! :)
@loztsoul Thanks Trevor!!! and thanks for the fav too!
@pasadenarose Thanks so very much!!! Glad you like it!!! I love to just play around on the image editing programs... it's the best way of learning!!! Thanks for the fav!!! And thank you, I'm feeling much better by now!!! :) :) :)
@growandshine Thanks Edyta!!! :)
@todimf Thanks so much Cecilia, and thanks for the fav!!!
@cromwell Thanks very much Cromwell!!!
@victorypuzzle Thanks so much Dominique, and thanks for the fav!!!
@vesna0210 Thanks Vesna!!! :)
@jessca646 Thanks Jessica!!!
@suebarni Thanks Sue!!! Sure I'll be just back to normal very soon! :)
@salza Thanks Sally!!!
@soboy5 Thanks Danny!!! And thanks... I'm also glad!!! :)
@gaston_palmer Thanks very much Gaston!!! No, these were three shots I had of birds sitting on the ends of branches... so they were silhouetted against the sky. I pulled the brightness and contrast ratios, which turned the light blue sky white, and the yellow birds very dark. I then wiped out the few leaves, and used a "bucket fill" to paint the birds completely black. From there it was just a case of turning the white transparent, and putting this shot over my sunset!!! :)
@jwlynn64 Thanks John!!! It spent some time trying all the birds in all angles... but this was the best way... or so I think!
@if1 Thanks so much Ian!!! And thanks for the fav too!
FAV!
I'm sorry you're not feeling well, but it sure hasn't dampened your creativity. :-)
@kjw Thanks Kris!!!
@janiskay Thanks Janice, and big thanks for the fav!!!
@henrir Thanks so much Henri!!!
@gaston_palmer Thanks Gaston, but I learnt it from some one else.... so it's only fair to pass on the knowledge!!! :)
@willowdragon Thanks so much Al!!!
@raineyday Thanks very much!!!
@david68 Thanks very much David, and big thanks for the fav too!!!
@joluise Thanks very much Jo!!! :) And thanks for the fav!!!
@humphreyhippo Thanks Humphrey!!!
@paulavdmerwe Thanks Paula!!!!
@chezza Thanks very much Cheryl!!!
@gooner46 Thanks very much Chris!!!
@automaticslim Thanks so much, and thanks for the fav too!
@tbats22 Thanks Tiara!!!
@ssimon Thanks very much Stephen!!! I was originally going to name it something about stained glass...
( @ssimon @joluise Ahhhh..... thought I was picking up a relation here!!! :) Siblings!!! :) )
@jbrojas Thanks Jennie!!!
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri!!!
@mitchell50 Thanks so much!!! And thanks for the fav too!
@carwyn3 Thanks Mervyn!!!
@gprosper26 Thanks Gina!!! :)
@rachelmackenzie Thanks Rachel!!!
@hinhoutbay Thanks Henriette!!! they sure do that!!!! these birds were equally swaying in the winds!!! :) :) :)
@sambewitching Thanks very much Samantha!!! :)
@dawnie Thanks Dawna!!!
@gingersanders Thanks Ginger.... I've been off line a few days, but I'm sure going to check your birds out in a moment!!! :) Thanks!!!
@gareauk1 Thanks Kelly!!!
@hudamor Thanks very much Huda!!! And thanks for the fav!!!
@anazad511 Thanks Ana!!! And thanks for the fav!!!
@summitnsmile Thanks Mark!!!
@okavangohippo Thanks so very much!!! I thought so too!!! :)
@nyusha Thanks Anna!!!!
@filuto Thanks Jorge, and thanks for the fav too!!! :)
@loztsoul Thanks Trevor!!! and thanks for the fav too!
@pasadenarose Thanks so very much!!! Glad you like it!!! I love to just play around on the image editing programs... it's the best way of learning!!! Thanks for the fav!!! And thank you, I'm feeling much better by now!!! :) :) :)
@gemtumble Thanks so much Gemma!!!
@victorypuzzle Now onto 23!!! :) :) :) That's the highest no. of favs any of my shots have ever had!!! :)
@chrismarfil Thanks very much Chris!!!
but Fav of course! :-)
@yrhenwr Thanks very much David!!! and thanks for the fav too!!! :)
@filadete Thanks very much Brigitta!!!! :)