Vicuna Takes Off

I've deleted over 26GB of photos taken in the Atacama Desert in Chile, December 2014 and probably have another 20GB to go. That says a lot about the quality of my images then! I liked how the vicuna was in motion here but I didn't like the flat arid background. After quite a bit of play in textures, and figuring out how to blend in grasses, I think this was ready to go.
Thanks for your kind comments on the chess game!

[Simply Amanda]

Wicked shot and texture!

[Sally Ings]

Off and racing! Cool edit

[Pam Knowler]

Beautiful action shot! Great use of textures ! Fav!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Great capture of the vicuna running, but your background REALLY makes this image! HUGE FAV!

[sally agnew]

Beautiful image, love the earthy tones and textures :)

[Beryl Lloyd]

Beautiful , !

[Sarah Munnings]

Your edited background really makes this image - fantastic

[Leon Buijs]

Lovely edit and image

[Nancy]

Woweee!

[8yearson]

So clever Taffy. Your background really adds an artistic element without detracting from.the Vicuna. I haven't really progressed with editing and should persevere as there is so much I'd like to learn but shy away from.

[Lisa Poland]

Very cool!

[Lynne]

This one is amazing. Funny how when we look back on older images, it's easy now to delete many more than when we originally took the shots.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture of the action.

[Lee]

Beautifully captured detail of the Vicuna, the background layer really makes the shot.

[Richard Hickey]

Incredible picture and processing.

[Rosie Kind]

It's a great shot Taffy and I love the movement Fav

[Tony]

Super capture, no motion blur. That's a lot of disc space you've released.

[judith deacon]

Fabulous capture and processing, the background layer is perfect.

[KWind]

This is wonderful. I like the processing.

[Francoise]

cool; the processing makes me think about dioramas

[Shepherdman's Wife]

I just love textured images

[Naomi]

This is so cool! Loos like a llama/alpaca relative...

[Delwyn Barnett]

I agree the processing is lovely - vicuna is great - nice clarity and movement.

[Erika]

This is fantastic. Fav.

[Joan Robillard]

Great shot. I am constant reviewing old photos and thinning out. The duplicates, the shots you thought you might fix, etc. I can't be as objective when it is fresh.

[gloria jones]

Fantastic action shot...great tones

[Marnie]

Wonderful action shot, especially against that fascinating background.

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Well, he's not in an arid setting anymore. Bet he'd like this one a whole lot better himself.

[Rosie Kerr]

26 GB deleted... feels like a house-cleaning, in a good way. The vicuna is so clear - glad you replaced the background with the complimentary textures and tones. A lovely shot.

[Kerri Michaels]

very cool.....fav

[Ron]

Wow!

[Kathleen Hickey]

A writer friend says you have to kill your darlings. :-) My picture collection would be better with some severe pruning. This one is quite wonderful - motion and a very interesting background.

[Sandy]

Great action shot and textures. Very creative processing.

[Babs]

Fabulous processing, so glad you saved this shot. Just goes to show that you can do all sort of wonderful things these days post processing.

[Lynda McG]

Looks great! Fav

[Helen Sanderson]

what an interesting animal...interesting processing

[Taffy]

@lynne5477 You are so right! And there were ones I had marked 5 stars that were simply awful! Over processed, no sense of story, just simply bad!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Super shot

[Carole G]

Fantastic action shot. I love the way alpacas run, long neck down and leading

[Tom]

Great processing and use of textures

[Joy's Focus]

I love how all the tones blend together. Great capture and editing! Love it and fav!

[Louise & Ken]

These works are absolutely marvelous, Taffy! It's fun to see you sampling a different direction!

[Vesna]

Fav!