Fanned Wings

This shot was taken from quite a distance and severely cropped. The focus was soft and there was an incredible amount of noise from high ISO. Since I loved the fanned wings of the cardinal in flight I faffed around with it. After a sky replacement came the oil paint filter.

[Casablanca]

Very striking edit, nice job

[Bucktree]

A delightful image and a nice edit.

[Carole Sandford]

Very well rescued with fantastic edit!

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful capture and I love the painterly look.

[Mallory]

This is beautiful!!

[Joan Robillard]

Fabulous

[Corinne C]

A beautiful edit!

[Babs]

Clever editing, it looks gorgeous. fav.

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

I like it.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Beautifully composed and processed

[LManning (Laura)]

I love the result!

[Mags]

Made a gorgeous work of art!

[Islandgirl]

Well done!

[gloria jones]

Oh my...This is beautiful.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Beautiful results! It was meant to be a painting.

[Dorothy]

So beautiful. Looks like a painting.

[Bill]

Such a nice edit. Love the flight shot.

[Diana]

Beautifully faffed, such a wonderful image.

[CC Folk]

Fab fav! Isn't it nice to be able to save a photo that may not be what you liked beforehand and turn into something great. Love those fanned wings and the lighting!

[Brian]

I love this

[Linda Godwin]

Wonderful results!!

[Paula Fontanini]

Gorgeous! This is called taking a lemon and turning it into lemonade and it's wonderful!! :)

[Heather]

Wow! I love the effect here! Well done! And those fanned wings are outstanding! Fav

[Peter Dulis]

creative ;)

[Margaret Brown]

Nice edit

[Kate]

Awesome edit

[Rob Z]

What a cool result.

[haskar]

Cool edit.

[Merrelyn]

Great result.

[Taffy]

This is a terrific edit and 'saves' the soft shot. Well deserved Top Twenty this week!!

[CC Folk]

I love those wings! Congrats on the TT!

[Peter Dulis]

Superb - congrats on TT

[John Falconer]

Awesome capture. Terrific and Congratulations on Top Twenty.