A Mother Nature's Masterpiece III

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by DB Hayes

Title

A Mother Nature's Masterpiece III

Artist

DB Hayes

Medium

Mixed Media - Paintography, Photo-art, Photopainting, Photograph

Description

Fine Art Americas (FAA) watermark does NOT appear on sold art as FAA removes the watermark before each sold copy is museum quality printed onto canvas, photo-paper, metal, acrylic or any of FAA's many other available medias regardless of which one is chosen by the buyer.

COPYRIGHT DISCLOSURE NOTICE: THIS IMAGE IS COPYRIGHTED, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, MONITORED AND PROTECTED FROM ILLEGAL PIRACY BY PIXSY.

WE are very honored to write the following art groups have featured our "A Mother Nature's Masterpiece" photo-painting:

1 = Topaz Simplify-Glow-Impressions Photo Rendering: 7/19/2018
2 = The Artistic Aperture: 7/19/2018
3 = Showcasing The South: 7/19/2018
4 = Animal Photographs: 7/19/2018
5 = Created by Southern Artists: 7/19/2018
6 = Digital Art and Photography For A Simple Imagination: 7/23/2018
7 = FAA Portrait - Birds: 7/24/2018
8 = FAA Portrait Gallery: 7/24/2018
9 = New FAA Uploads: 8/04/2018

About the title: It occured to me after posting this work some of our viewers may think I, Bill, am referring to my processing of the image as the "Masterpiece". While I like to think it is very nice that is not the case. In our opinions Mother Nature has created many incredibly beautiful birds. However, a few truly stand out from the crowd. Again, in our opinions, the Roseate Spoonbill is one of those, which is the "Masterpiece" I am referring to in the title. In other words Mother Nature's ability to produce a "Masterpiece" not mine. Now to the story behind this image.

On July 03, 2018 Deb & I visited the Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge, which is located south of Tallahassee, Florida along the Gulf Of Mexico, to photograph animals, birds, landscapes and other things of interest. While we were slowly driving on Lighthouse Road we noticed this beautiful Roseate Spoonbill preening itself while standing on the water's edge of a pond on the east side of the road. Of course, we parked a short distance from there and walked back hoping not to disturb this beautiful bird.

Deb captured this image using her Canon 7D Mark II camera aided with a Canon 100-400 "L" Lens along with a 1.4 extender to further the reach.

Yesterday, I edited the original image via Photoshop and will, most likely, post that image later for those of you who prefer a "stand-alone" photograph instead of an artistically altered one. However, very early this morning I could not resist the urge to artistically work with a copy of the edited image to see what I could do with it.

What you see is one of my results. First I replaced the background with one more artistically beautiful, in my opinion, than the original. Next I went about digitally painting it. This is a Jim LaSala style of oil painting, which I found to be very pleasing to my eyes. Hopefully, it will be to many of you viewers as well.

All visits to our FAA-Pixels art sites are welcomed, encouraged and appreciated. Please visit often.

"Art Enhances Life"

Bill and Deb Hayes

Uploaded

July 19th, 2018