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    These two Great Blue Herons in the process of courtship and nest building. It was a cold, windy morning at Viera Wetlands when I found these two fairly close. I hope to visit them often so see they raise their offspring should they get that far.

    Female waiting for the male to return with a stick.

    Tidying the Nest

    He arrived without the stick

    Where's the stick

    Just me Honey, no stick!

    That's ok sweetie, I love you without the stick!

    Mutual grooming seems to strengthen the pair bond

    Strengthening the Pair Bond

    Invitation of the female for mating.
    Invitation to the Male

    Up to the male to accept, in this case he didn't

    Time to Decide

    She starting to rearranging the nest and it's like he is hugging her.

    The Hug

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    Lost for words
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    Wow !

    I must say that your use of the textures for these photos is brillant!

    Would you mind sharing how you achieve such a nice effect? (Feel free to go into details or not )

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    I second that wow!
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    Nice artwork and Photography Pat!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swedgin View Post
    Lost for words
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    Quote Originally Posted by thomaswal View Post
    Wow !

    I must say that your use of the textures for these photos is brillant!

    Would you mind sharing how you achieve such a nice effect? (Feel free to go into details or not )
    Hi Thomas, I am still pretty new at this and I am using textures in photoshop. I try to use textures to enhance the colors found in the image and use layer masks to either add or remove color as needed. I adjust the opacity of the texture determine the overall effect of the texture on the image. I will use either all or part of the texture depending on how it overlays the original image during the transform step. I have used up to four textures per image and then play with them until I like what I see. It is all very subjective and requires a fair amount of playing around to see what you like.
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    Quote Originally Posted by brewmaster15 View Post
    Nice artwork and Photography Pat!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Second Hand Pat View Post
    Hi Thomas, I am still pretty new at this and I am using textures in photoshop. I try to use textures to enhance the colors found in the image and use layer masks to either add or remove color as needed. I adjust the opacity of the texture determine the overall effect of the texture on the image. I will use either all or part of the texture depending on how it overlays the original image during the transform step. I have used up to four textures per image and then play with them until I like what I see. It is all very subjective and requires a fair amount of playing around to see what you like.
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    Ok I see!

    Thanks for sharing

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    Very nicely done Pat. because of the textures used in the background I would print these on canvas, linen, or muslin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dagray View Post
    Very nicely done Pat. because of the textures used in the background I would print these on canvas, linen, or muslin.

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    Pat, I'd be curious to see one before you photoshopped it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LizStreithorst View Post
    Pat, I'd be curious to see one before you photoshopped it.
    There you go Liz

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    I thought that I would prefer the before to the after and I was right.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LizStreithorst View Post
    I thought that I would prefer the before to the after and I was right.
    Yup and I totally get that Liz
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