Thank you for the nice comments Pat and lylejk. It really wasn't hard at all. I really like OMG's glass tutorial and alc59's tutorial allows for some of the original subject to show through. I'm calling it the frosted effect

Dalia, you got a very nice result. I have to try this tut too. I've just seen it thanks to you.

Dalia - beautiful result so I thought I would check this tut out, so I downloased it, but now I am feeling somewhat 'sheepish'

Despite all the references in this thread, I cannot find a 'Selective Color' filter/tool anywhere and it seems to be the key to doing this tut.

Anybody want to help the old guy ouit ...?

Wallace - thanks but I have already been there and the link goes to a Select By Color tutorial... cannot see a 'Selective Color' tool there.

OMG, I was perplexed too and Wallace, you're right, I did the "selection by color" (something I learned from OMG with the Glass tutorial) and then was stumped with the "Selective Color" values. Finally I just looked at the images and tried to emulate the results - I used "brightness and contrast" and curves. Then it was just playing with opacity, blend modes.

Last night I played with another filter on the original. I used FX Foundry, Photo, Effects, Make Wonderful. The first is the original and the second is the FX Foundry; change is subtle but I liked it.

Dalia, you got a very close result at final target. I did my try too but it's impossible without the right tool. You have to guess where it is the ice object.

I see it - I like it Issabella. I bet if you duplicate the eagle layer and fudge with the blend modes, darken your background a bit, your eagle will subtely come to life! Remember, I used a combination of OMG's tutorial (outline, highlights, burn blend mode on one layer) and alc59's.

Dalia - thank you for your help; I tried to do a similar GIMP job on a kookaburra ... and failed miserably. I may try again another day.

Dalia and Issabella, I love your images. You both did a real nice job!

Dalia and Issabella
I need more pratice.

Thank you Dalia, yes I could have but I threw away the file. Next time I will do it.
Thank you Pat and Ella. I appreciate your words but I didn't get a nice result.

Wanted to try this again to make sure it wasn't a fluke. Didn't follow the "select color" changes and really OMG, this is more your tutorial than alc's. The only changes are to the original in desaturating, inverting color and playing with brightness and contrast that achieves the little detail of the subject that shows through to make it look like...sculptured ice? The second image is what it looked like when I was done desaturating, inverting colors, adjusting brightness and contrast. The third was the original little cardinal.

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A good reason to come to GimpChat

I didnt know you could do that with the color select tool. I use it a lot but I didnt know you could do all of that with it

Dalia, You really have this nailed. Beautiful job on the cardinal!

I'm not so sure I have it nailed - without the same "tools" it's a lot of fidgeting to get it to look like the tutorial. Thank you so much Pat for your encouraging comment.

Dalia, I love your "little" cardinal. You are the one who has got the best ice effect.

Thank you Issabella - really like revisiting the tutorials I've missed. Perfect timing, because I probably would not have been able to do any in the beginning.