Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Painted Geese

No, not a painting, but an image of geese over an outcropping of trees. It took a lot of patience to get this shot with the geese as the sky was mostly clear of birds though we could hear them in the distance. Fortunately for me (unfortunate for the geese) hunters scared them up from a few miles away and they flew over the wildlife refuge I was at.

The image has been heavily processed in Topaz Adjust and Photoshop. I had no idea of how I would process this image but thought it would be good to play with Topaz with. I'm still experimenting with that software and I really like what it can do.



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22 comments:

Tina´s PicStory said...

great shot!

theconstantwalker said...

A wonderful image to see...

Unknown said...

Nice shot!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

mick said...

Beautiful photograph.

eileeninmd said...

Cool capture of the dramatic sky and the flock of geese.

Suburban Girl said...

Great mood in this photo. Well done!

Jim said...

A very pretty capture you have, Perry. I got a picture of some of our birds this morning.

Part of gaggle of blackbirds swooped down on the neighbor's tree on our property line to visit a busy woodpecker. The rest settled on the bush next to the tree.

They had just gotten there and I probably spooked them with the camera. At any rate they all flew off leaving the wookpecker now away from his hole and up on top of the tree.
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2sweetnsaxy said...

Well, whatever you did I love it. Love the colors and shadows. Its kind of dreamy and not in a bad way.

Judy said...

It does look like a painting - the dark clouds give it a very moody feel!

Carole M. said...

lovely colours in your photograph/setting is beautiful

Gemma Wiseman said...

Beautiful mystery of light and shape in this lovely scene!

Chubskulit Rose said...

Beautifully captured!!

Brian King said...

Wonderful job, Perry! I love the overall feel of the scene.

Tanya Breese said...

it's beautiful!

Beth F said...

Nice capture. I rarely play around with different effects ... I should give it a try sometime.

Kaye said...

Beautiful shot! Thanks for being so patient.

Fashion Momma said...

Lovely capture.

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Anonymous said...

What a lovely and moody shot.

Arija said...

A beautiful shot!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful shot - I like the threatening sky!

Springman said...

Very special shot, I love the way it has a kind of sheen to it. A wonderful atmosphere!

Larry said...

A beautiful landscape with the geese Perry! I love the effect the trees contribute to the image.