One-Four Challenge: Forager Duck, Part III

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It’s week 3 of the One Four Challenge for this month; it’s hosted by Robyn Gosby, and we present four weekly versions of one photograph (of our choosing) over one month. My chosen photograph is a Forager Duck, of which I’ve presented ‘glowy‘ and muted-color versions so far. This week, I went monochrome, so I could submit it to the Monochrome Madness series that Leanne Cole hosts. 🙂

Forager Duck

For this version, I slightly blurred the surroundings using a combination of radial- and zoom-blurred layers in Hard Light mode before applying a sepia effect, resulting in softer waves that still show some reflections, and a comparitively stronger focus on the duck.

For more One-Four Challenge submissions, please check out the comments section of Robyn’s post for this week, or search for the tag ‘One Four Challenge’ in WordPress.

For more Monochrome Madness submissions, you might want to head over to Leanne’s post.

Just bent

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Not broken, just bent

Not broken, just bent

Clicked while walking towards a beach at Kerala, this angled coconut tree just seemed so unique amongst its companions. Did it course-correct while growing? 🙂

I added a zoom blur centered at the tree and a sepia tone to the photograph. I’m submitting this to the Monochrome Madness series, now running in its second year, that Leanne Cole hosts at her blog.