Day of the Great Blue Heron [Contest Finalists April 2008]
Uploaded: April 01, 2008 10:57:50
Composite photo of a GBH silhouette (mask layer) combined with a BG bottom layer I created for this image. The original photo was taken last year in hazy light, near sundown.
Lisa J. Boulden April 01, 2008
Amazing creation, Cary!!! A wonderful work of art! #890940Tarun Bose April 01, 2008
Outstanding silhouette and excellent PS work for the background. Great work Cary. Namaste. #5728963Stan Kwasniowski April 01, 2008
Cary, awesome #5729090Jeff Robinson April 01, 2008
Excellent!! Jeff #5729141Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas April 01, 2008
Beautiful work Cary!,Cary Rogers April 01, 2008
Thank you, Lisa, Tarun, Stan, Jeff, and Amalia! I appreciate your encouraging feedback! :-) It's around this time of year that the several herons (and cormorants) nest in a tree on an island in a nearby lake. I really enjoy watching them fly to and from the tree, but often the lighting, or the sky in the background, is not optimal. Thanks again, everyone! #5729451Colette M. Metcalf April 01, 2008
BEAUTIFUL!!! #5730061David Phalen April 01, 2008
Awesome creative work Cary!! Love the colors and silhouettes! #5730500Cora Miller April 01, 2008
Excellent vision in creating this. Very nice work. #5731111adrifil April 01, 2008
Wonderful!Tiia Vissak April 02, 2008
a great image! #5731826Daiana Kelly April 02, 2008
This is beautiful and the colors are perfect. Love it. #5732182Eivor Kuchta April 02, 2008
A wonderful creation, Cary!! Great silhouette, and the background you created is amazing. #5733261Cary Rogers April 02, 2008
Thank you for your great, supportive feedback, Colette, David, Cora, Adrifil, Tiia, Daiana, and Eivor!! I really appreciate it! #5733615Colleen Farrell April 02, 2008
Fantastic composite, Cary! Amazing capture to begin with (how I'd love to get a photo of one of these birds!), and perfect PS work. This is a winner, imho! #5733904isabel C. Zepeda April 02, 2008
Cary.Cary Rogers April 02, 2008
Thank you for your encouraging and supporive comments, Colleen, and Ysa~! I appreciate it! :-) #5735130Cheryl E. Molennor April 02, 2008
Nice work Cary #5735582Cary Rogers April 03, 2008
Hi, Cheryl! Thanks for dropping by and leaving me your comment! :-) #5738694Jennie A. Dillman April 04, 2008
WELL, THIS ONE DIDN'T SPEAK TO ME,, BUT IT JUST REACH OUT AND GRABBED ME.. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL..J #5746154Cary Rogers April 04, 2008
:-D Thank you, Jennie! I'm glad it had that affect on you, and even happier that you told me! #5746198Joan E. Hoffman April 07, 2008
Carey this is positively outstanding! Love every detail, the colours ... just everything! #5758757Songbird Cline April 07, 2008
WOW!!!! awesome!! terrific! #5759456Cary Rogers April 07, 2008
Thank you Joan, and thank you, Songbird! I appreciate your comments and positive feedback! I'm glad that it spoke to you. :-) #5759539Corinne M. Thompson April 08, 2008
Fabulous work with fantstic results! #5762584Cary Rogers April 09, 2008
Hi, Corinne....and thank you for your gracious comment! I appreciate it! :-) #5766299Donna La Mattino Pagakis April 11, 2008
Beautiful graphic design and colors Cary! #5777481Cary Rogers April 12, 2008
Thank you, Donna! :-) I appreciate you stopping by and leaving me a comment! #5778779Sirsendu Gayen May 11, 2008
Stunning image.Excellent PS work Cary.Namaste. #5910855Cary Rogers May 11, 2008
Thank you, Sirsendu~! namaste. :-) #5911047Teresa Norris May 19, 2008
Cary, big congratulations on this gorgeous finalist!!! #5942428Theresa Marie Jones May 19, 2008
Brilliant! Congratulations on your talent!! #5942855isabel C. Zepeda May 19, 2008
CaryCongratulation
Ysa... #5942872
Cary Rogers May 19, 2008
Thank you, Teresa, Theresa....and Ysa~! :-)And CONGRATULATIONS to ALL this month's Finalists! #5943025
Tiia Vissak May 19, 2008
Congratulations! #5943621Janet McNeil May 19, 2008
Congratulations and good luck in round 2 !! #5943651Lisa J. Boulden May 19, 2008
Big, beautiful congratulations to you, Cary! A great finalist!Mitch Spence May 19, 2008
Congratulations to you, Cary. #5944914Cary Rogers May 19, 2008
Thank you, Tiia, Janet, Lisa, and Mitch! I appreciate it! Hopefully I will get some time soon, to look at all the Finalist entries and leave my congratulations. In the meantime, CONGRATULATIONS to all this month's Finalists, and best of luck in the next round! :-D #5945959David Phalen May 20, 2008
Congratulations Cary!! #5950105Joan E. Hoffman May 20, 2008
I knew this one was a winner! Congrats Carey! #5950303Cary Rogers May 20, 2008
Thank you David! Thank you Joan! #5951316Sam Britt May 20, 2008
Congratulations Cary! #5953692Eivor Kuchta May 20, 2008
Congratulations on your wonderful, well deserved finalist, Cary! #5954420Cary Rogers May 20, 2008
Hi Sam, Hi Eivor! Thanks for your supportive comments! :-) (This has been my worst month EVER--so far--for EPs, so getting a Finalist is very nice!) ;-) #5954593ALLEN O. HOWARD May 20, 2008
Excellent Cary! Congratulations! #5955035Michael G. Marshall May 21, 2008
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Cary! Michael #5959162Cary Rogers May 21, 2008
Thank you Allen, and thank you Michael....I appreciate you stopping by! Congratulations to all this month's Finalists and Winners! :-D #5960016Janet McNeil June 11, 2008
Congrats for being featured in Digital Darkroom!! Nice work, Cary!! #6046437Cary Rogers June 11, 2008
Thank you, Janet! I hadn't opened-up my DD newsletter prior to reading your comment, so it was a pleasant surprise! #6047692Hendrik Storme June 11, 2008
Congrats on this wonderful finalist!!!Cary Rogers June 11, 2008
Thank you Hendrik! I appreciate you stopping by and commenting! #6049129Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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