Richard Irwin - Photoblog
The Startled Eyes
Posted by Richard Irwin (Belper, United Kingdom) on 2 December 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
Details of Peacock Feathers.
e. from Palo Alto, CA, United States
Wow, gorgeous colors! I want to thank you for responding to my request for photography prompts. You gave me a lot of really great ideas, and I'll be sure to be looking out for photos based on the ideas you gave me.
2 Dec 2007 7:08am
@e.: Best wishes e. Good luck with your inspirations, you sure got a lot of ideas back off everyone.
Sujit Sudhi from Hyderabad, India
WoW. Love the rich colours and the composition. Beautiful.
2 Dec 2007 8:25am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Magnificent!!! Reminds me of the 'The Scream' with plumage and fantastic colours ;)
2 Dec 2007 10:52am
@Lorraine: Thankyou Lorraine, thats a great comment.
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
WOW!!! Gorgeous colours!!!! Artistically cropped and presented!
Gabriela
2 Dec 2007 11:54am
martie from Okinawa, Japan
How do you do it? Each day I think that your image is the best yet, and then the following day you excel again! This is awesome.
2 Dec 2007 12:38pm
@martie: Thankyou for your kind comment. the original photo was quite flat, as it was a plain grain day when I took it. The result you see has had some PP in Photoshop, where I narrowed the contrast range (drawing in the tone sliders in Levels), increased the colour saturation (using hue, saturation command), a tiny bit of sharpening with unsharp mask, and then completing the image with the dodge and burn tools. I am aiming for a more graphic textile type of effect, so the final result (not the one shown here) is being aimed at creating a print on cotton and other cloths, so it will eventually have the dry brush effect added.
Harald from Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Very impressive. Beautiful contrast and colors.
2 Dec 2007 1:06pm
kairospix from Singapore, Singapore
wow! awesome colours!
love the details!
great capture!
2 Dec 2007 1:43pm
Amir from ?, Iran
Really really outstanding shot, the sharpness, focus and saturation is beyond me
2 Dec 2007 5:30pm
@Amir: Thankyou Amir, your kind comment is highly appreciated.
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
Absolutely outstanding Richard!!! The pp you used is inspiring... must experiment some more me thinks.
And you're right about my kitchen project... it's already looking like I'm going to be at it for at least another week... ;-)
3 Dec 2007 2:34am
Walt from Scarborough, Canada
Very very nice - no wonder it's an effective defence - those eyes'd freak me out too...
3 Dec 2007 2:41am
