When I got to this point, I thought I was done, but as I looked at it, I realized that I didn't like the total sky background. It was lifeless, and oddly drab in a way.
Unfortunate in many ways, because I've already made up ten of these backgrounds in preparation for more birds. Alas - they'll have to be used for something else. But in the meantime, this bird needed to be cut out and put on a different background.
Shall we audition some?
maybe...
>
although I like the one on the left, there's so much going on back there
that you can hardly focus on the bird; so, no...
that you can hardly focus on the bird; so, no...
more promising...
too much pink, and not enough going on... so...
Ta da!
and here's a close up of all those teeny tiny feathers...
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Velvet Purple Coronet (c) 2013 Kit Lang
Cheers,
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Lovely Kit - and those teeny tiny feathers :)
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful Kit. Glad to hear there are more to come in this bird series. I look forward to seeing them!
ReplyDeleteYes, love the feathers; agree about the background; still bowled over by the artistry of the branch!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bird with such lovely colours. The chosen background looks great
ReplyDeleteAs they say in Maine, "He's cunnin". Just love the plumage and the chartreuse bits!!
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