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There are those judges that do not consider heavily manipulated images qualified as photographs.  It is my feeling that the photo-artist must be the solitary determinate of what tools they use to create their personal vision.  We as viewers have the responsibility to evaluate the end result and accept or reject what is presented. 

The work presented here is an amalgam of photography and computer manipulation.  The white heron was striped out of a photograph, altered with computer photo filters and dropped onto an abstract background.  I like the lighting on the subject; it gives nice detail to the white surfaces of the wings.  The background has the appearance of sunset clouds cast in marble.  The nearly square format selected works well with this subject.

There are a few observations I would like to make.  The photographer may want to consider moving the subject a little more to the right to allow more room in front of the moving bird.  And while you are at it why not make the frame totally square?  The computer filter used on the heron has had the effect of blocking up the creature’s legs and feet making them appear thicker and heavier than nature.  The same is true of the orange beak; shorter and heaver.  The painterly quality is nice but in these two areas in particular the distortion caused looks too unnatural.

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