Starling in a tree

A shot of one of our local flock of starlings sat on sentry duty in our Rowan Tree.

I have cross processed this to create the lilac background, in an effort to make it look a bit like a painting, and different to my other shots from earlier in the week. I appreciate that this processing may divide opinion.

I have a busy afternoon of meetings and fetching the kids for team haircuts, before a night in watching DVDs with them as there is rather a large dumping of snow threatened this evening!

[Danny G.]

Fabulous cross-processing and composition, Sean. Love the negative space. Quite a lovely image.

[Deb]

Awesome! Love it. :-)

[Richard]

this reminds me of a banksy. like it. done a neat job of background erase too.

[Simply Amanda]

Love the color, Sean!

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

Wow, they have some gorgeous flecks of colour on them. I like it :)

[Aaron]

I like it, very nice!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

neat processing and composition Sean! enjoy the haircuts and DVDs..

[Ceeceebee]

I think the background enhances the colours on the starling which you have captured in the light.

[Ingrid Budge]

I think it's fabulous- really stands out. Fav for me!

[Cheryl Kreis]

I love the simplicity you have created. My Fav.

[🐓 Patricia Fletcher]

Nice stark simple image - like the pink background! Love starlings!

[Fanny Brogden]

Fabulous.love it...you are going all japanese!

[Hubregt Visser]

Lovely composition and colors.

[Jan Penny]

Great composition, it looks really striking

[Pat Knowles]

That pretty pink back ground shows the iridescent plumage off to perfection...good thinking Sean!

[Sharon Lee]

Beautiful silhouette

[Al Bailey]

I like the processing on this shot :)

[Jen Hudson]

Love the stark image. Not sure about the colour. Always good to try something different though.

[Kathy A]

I've been loving your bird shots but not sure of the colour on this one.

[Ross Walker]

I am a fan of negative space, so the composition and graphic approach work well for me. But, being somewhat of a traditionalist, I would like some variation of blue, even an unrealistic blue, in the sky.

[Phil]

His back feathers really shine out beautifully - if that's the effect of the processing then it gets my vote! I just imagined it as a twilight shot... :)

[8yearson]

'Beautiful plumage!'

[Gemma]

What a cracker Sean :-)

[Nicole]

beautiful with the pink sky :)

[Smitha]

Very nice!!

[John Falconer]

It doesn't change my opinion. It is a great imaginative shot.

[Caryn]

Neat processing. I like that you've tried some new things. I think I need to learn some new tricks!