What Love will Bring....
Uploaded: November 17, 2004 19:34:10
Was a photo of one Blue Jay on a fence to which I Layered, Feathered and Merged Bird parts from several other Blue Jay photos to construct the other four birds, and Presto!... it's the family he never knew he had! Used the distort tool to give the kids the funky hair styles to add a bit of a fun element to it.
Audrea Telkamp November 17, 2004
Wow Eric!! Amazing seamless edit work!! I love the kids' "hair"! Great composition and color! #189340Kathleen R. Struckle November 17, 2004
Just awesome Eric!! Love it! #922411Sharon Day November 17, 2004
Cute cute cute!!! I love the whole composition! Very creative!!! Great job! #922446Ronald Balthazor November 18, 2004
"They're Your Kids" Very nice work, Eric. #922696Eric Highfield November 18, 2004
Thank you Audrea, Kathleen, Sharon,and Ronald for you nice comments! Just thought I'd do one purely for the fun it for a change. I'm glad you've enjoyed it! #923611Debbie Fleri November 18, 2004
This is just to cute,,,very eye catching in the thumbnails...WoW that sounds like it was a lot of work too...Debbie : ) #923860
Judy S. Fung November 18, 2004
Fantastic, Eric! Great work, title and comp. #923888Murry Grigsby November 18, 2004
Super job on this Eric! Great computer work and I love the babies :0) #923985Kelly Abernathy November 18, 2004
So fun! Gotta love those hairstyles :) I love the comp and the work Eric. I'm so glad to see you back. Talk to you soon. -K #924401Paula Showen November 18, 2004
AWESOME! Love this, Eric! Nice manipulation! #924691Cynthia M. Wiles November 18, 2004
WOW!!! Excellent work Eric!!Eric Highfield November 19, 2004
Thanks eveyone, your comments are greatly appreciated!!Debbie, you've given me an idea. If I ever get in to mood to do a revision, I'll increase the size of the eyes on the babies by about 10%, and add a few tufts of downy feathers poping out at random places and see how that looks. It should make the little ones appear more genuinely babyish. Thanks! #925929
Pamela K November 21, 2004
Very cute idea and excellently executed (if not biologically correct, but oh well...) I love the title and the composition! Excellent!Pam #930354
Eric Highfield November 22, 2004
Thanks, Pam! He he he... I guess you can't fool an Ecologist!! We can take comfort in the fact that these unusual Blue Jays were the product of a digital manipulation and not a genetic one! :-) #931668Karma Wilson November 29, 2004
First time I've seen this and had to say, "HOW CUTE!!!!" It really gave me a smile!Karma #945290
Sharon Day December 15, 2004
Congratulations, Eric!!! I just love this one! Good luck on the next round! #974358Lucia De Giovanni December 15, 2004
Congratulations on your Finalist Eric! #974536Jim Kinnunen December 15, 2004
Congrats on a very creative image Eric!! #974627Pamela K December 15, 2004
Congrats Eric!!! I still love this shot! It makes me grin!Pam #974633
Patricia Marroquin December 16, 2004
Wow! Missed this last month. I hope it wins big, Eric! This is fabulous! #974842Tammy McAllister December 16, 2004
Congratulations on another great finalist! #975183Amy N. Cappelli December 16, 2004
congratulations! #975318Diane Addonizio December 16, 2004
Congratulations, Eric! #975417Barbara Kehoe December 16, 2004
wonderful job Eric, congratulations #975626Patricia A. Kuniega December 16, 2004
Everyone's looking around like "How did we get here?" "Who done it?" Needless to say this is a hoot and a marvelous creation Eric! Congrats! #975712Darren K. Fisher December 16, 2004
WOW once again, this is so very creative and well done. Very well deserved finalist. Best of luck next round. #976038Eric Highfield December 16, 2004
Thanks, Everyone...going bug-eyed with bird parts was worth it! Thanks for your kind comments!! #976048Judy S. Fung December 16, 2004
Congrats, Eric! #976802Karen Engelbreth December 16, 2004
Congratulations, Eric! #976803Susan T. Evans December 16, 2004
Congrats Eric, absolutely awesome! #977248Ellen Peach December 16, 2004
Congrats, Eric!!! #977730Lisa Deaton December 16, 2004
Really love this image, hope it goes all the way. Congrats!! #977802Laurence Saliba December 16, 2004
Congratulations, Eric! some great work there! #978073Mary K. Robison December 16, 2004
Super job on this, Eric - a VERY well-earned finalist! Congrats, and best of luck with it in the next round! #978231Nobu Nagase December 16, 2004
Congratulations, Eric!!!Dolores Neilson December 16, 2004
I find this image hilarious!! And your comment made me chuckle too! This is superb, Eric! Very nicely done! Congrats! #979564Audrea Telkamp December 16, 2004
Wooohooo!!!! Congratulations Eric!!!!! #979821Eric Highfield December 22, 2004
Thank you all so much!! #992618Patricia Adams January 01, 2005
Awesome job Eric... What a fun image!Congratulations on a well deserved win! #1006718Eric Highfield January 24, 2005
Thank you, Patricia! #1061392Terrill Province October 19, 2005
LOL ~ just discovered your gallery, courtesy POTD love everything in it!This image is a scream! Love what you've done ~ great sense of humor ~ congratulations!!! #1969915
Eric Highfield May 14, 2006
Thank you, Terrill & Jen! #2761971Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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