Pyrrhura Pi

@pandorasecho mentioned the artist John James Audubon to me, and I thought I would see if I could merge a photo into his painting style.
This image uses part of an open access plate of the Louisiana Water Thrush ( see https://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america/louisiana-water-thrush ) and a recent shot of our baby conure born in October 2015 ( http://365project.org/ltodd/365/2015-10-22)

I had wanted to try something like this for a while - it has a learning experience with colour matching and clip masks new to me.

This is a very different editing style to the previous one. I guess if you had very traditional decor, you might use something like this for four favorite pet, but it was quite hard to 'channel' such a formal style. My daughter is pretty happy with this edit of her little buddy 'Pi' and I am happy to have given it a go.

[Lyn Todd]

@pandorasecho I had heaps of fun looking at a lot of the bird shots you suggested Dixie. Thanks so much! :)

[Louise & Ken]

This is simply BRILLIANT Lyn! What a gorgeous image, and I'd swear it was a photo of an Audubon plate, but knowing you, I know better! Fabulous!

[Lyn Todd]

@Weezilou the branch is Audubon's! ;)

[Louise & Ken]

@ltodd Oh I completely get it! I realized that, and it's still super wonderful!

[Maggiemae]

I can see the merge. I do like the composition - makes a wonderful picture.. fav

[Dixie Goode]

@ltodd this is wonderful. One thing I love is birds and I've always had parrots as pets, but I'm glad your conure is in this picture and still alive, one thing I hated was learning that Audubon painted from dead birds, back when there were no cameras to record the detail for an artist to study.

[Lyn Todd]

@pandorasecho oh yes, Pi is very much alive & noisy but does not pose for photos very well!

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Beautiful

[Debbie]

Beautifully merged. It really does look like a painting Lyn.

[judith deacon]

Your processing skills never fail to impress. This really could be a straight Audabon plate - I'm not surprised your daughter likes it! FAV

[Emilie Cartoun]

Wonderful :).

[Leslie]

Fabulous

[John Falconer]

Great idea and fabulously done.

[Jane Pittenger]

Wonderfully done

[katy]

I would say you totally nailed his style! It's not a style that I particularly like, I much prefer what you have been doing but nevertheless, this looks like perfection to me!

[Sylvia du Toit]

Love this.

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

I am totally blown away by this! Is it for sale? Honestly I like it that much! Humongous FAV!