Nature Photography ~ Filtered with "Oil Paint" Special Effects

I have not posted in this Community before, so I thought that I would give it a go tonight with something creative. The photo that I took today of a Heron on the Lake was taken with my iPhone 7 , so the zoom power is rather basic. It was almost impossible to get any closer, but the reflections looked so cool. So I was determined to do something with this photo that will make the "picture quality" appear a bit more appealing.

After returning home, I uploaded the photo into PhotoPea Software and used the "Oil Paint" filter.

See what you think... (The Heron looks kinda cool I think) 🤔

Some of the process "Screen Shots" below.

Original Photo

So as you can see from the Original Photo (above) I was a little too far away, but with Nature that often happens I find 😀
As they say: "The best camera is always the one that you have with you"! VERY TRUE 🤣

Anyway, thanks for visiting me... 👋
Hive ON 👍