i have a long history of taking pretty mediocre bird photos. with crummy lens and lack of patience, i've put together bird images from israel to alaska that are breathtakingly dull and out-of-focus. but i do have photoshop skills, so my choice was either to cut my throat in photo envy and self-loathing, or breath new life into the bad photos with considerable 'painting', merging and touch-up.
and so voila: part painting, part photography...
all profits go to maintaining my own animal rescue facility called 'the running dog ranch' in SW colorado. more
