
I took a photo of a flying seagull on the Lake Michigan shoreline of Port Washington Wisconsin while spending a spare hour waiting for an artist reception to begin. I filed the photo away hoping to do something interesting with it someday. I was at a critique session at the Frank Juarez Gallery showing my "On Eagle's Wing" photo when the challenge was presented. "I'd like to see how this would look with a real bird". I recalled having taken this photo so I went to work creating several variations. I found this photo lent itself especially well to creative variations. I kept several of the variations for possible exhibition and present several others here. I'd love to know which ones you like best. My final pick will be part of the "Views and Visions: Alternate Realities" exhibit at Frank Juarez Gallery from January 3 to February 9.