strutting his stuff by pistache

strutting his stuff

while i'm supposed to be sorting my photography training tutorials and resources a la matt kloskowski fresh start 2020, i'm getting sidetracked finding all kinds of deliciousness that i want to play with. he has some quite appealing edge effects so i was having a go with them here. i nicked the barn from distressed fx on the iPad, but otherwise my images. the bird was strutting around the botanical gardens in melbourne - anyone know what it is?
I am worried about that poor girl - she must be quite traumatised with a bird that size landing on her barn. You do have some humorous juxtapositions in your composite images - always enjoyable and carefully crafted. I like the new edges - especially as along the bottom of this. As for the bird - I have no idea but what beautiful plumage it has.
January 12th, 2020  
Really super on black. I like the way the bird seems to be causing the barn to sag in the centre. Great choice of elements to make the composition.No idea about the bird.
January 13th, 2020  
A great composite, of course, because it’s your composite! The bird reminds me of “The Reverend Robert Walker” skating in that Scottish oil painting. 😊
January 13th, 2020  
Fab composite - I wish I had those skills. The looks a lot like the NZ pukeko (swamp hen). I think there are some similar related birds in Australia. That fresh start course sounds good - is it too late to join a fresh start?
January 13th, 2020  
A strutter! Is he including these in the course and somehow I’ve missed it?
January 13th, 2020  
too much fun
January 13th, 2020  
You are so clever with these composites, I am quite jealous ;-)
January 13th, 2020  
We call it a pukeko. Brilliant composite
January 13th, 2020  
Fun fav! :)
January 13th, 2020  
@kiwinanna @yorkshirekiwi thanks so much liana and carole. 365 is so brilliant for identifying flora and fauna :) liana, not too late to join, i think - you can sign up here: https://mattk.com/freshstart/ and this is the link for the first email: https://mailchi.mp/mattk/quick-tip-videos-and-calendar-templates-2336645?e=[UNIQID]

@jgpittenger no i got the barn from distressed fx, and the other images are mine :)

@helenhall @gardencat @louannwarren @koalagardens @ludwigsdiana thank you so much for your lovely comments :)
January 13th, 2020  
This really is wonderful!
January 13th, 2020  
Great capture and processing. Fav!! 😀
January 13th, 2020  
nice fav
January 13th, 2020  
Love this. Fav
January 13th, 2020  
So cool
January 13th, 2020  
Fun composite- yes, the bird has overwhelmed that poor little girl! I say, continue to be distracted. The results are delightful. Sorry I can't help you with the bird ID though.
January 14th, 2020  
Wonderful!
January 15th, 2020  
@pistache Thank you - it wasn't too late and I did join up - now to do the work..that will be good for my phojo which has been sadly lacking of late.
January 16th, 2020  
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