Nice one !

The tortoise shell has a color (the light buish ) identical to that of the bg, i believe that darkening a bit that color only inside the tortoise shell will make pop it out more

Think this works better? I used Brightness and Contrast first, then Hue & Saturation on it.

Very cute turtle "O"

Thanks Molly. G'MIC is wonderful.

yes now pops out

O, I am waiting to see if you use G'mic on some new 'O's, although the current one is so pretty I would hate to see it go.

It's stored on the ftp site so I can get it back easily. Never thot of using the plug-in on my sig. Bet the one I have up now would come out nice. Gonna try it.

You gave me an idea.

i messed up with masks so the result is totally different from what planned

Doesn't look too bad of my monitor but on a more contrasted or dark monitor i fear will seem a dark blob

I like that, PhotoComix. It kind of makes me think of St. Elmo's fire or some kind of electrical phenomena.