Harris's Hawk

[Jack Faller]

This Image was captured at a falconry demo during the hawk migration festival at Lighthouse Point in New Haven, CT.
Note the bell and radio antenna. Canon 40D 500 mm F/4L 1/3200 s @ f/5.6 ISO 800 hand-held.

[James Salywoda]

Nice flight shot I love the angle of capture if it was mine I would add more room to the left taking away the squarish crop.If you don't have this in the original just add some canvas to the left side. Also I see a real strong halo around the bird..... These are all things that can be fixed in PS. Thanks For Sharing!

[Jack Faller]

Not quite sure how I introduced the halo. It didn't appear in the original RAW file. I did apply Defin2 for noise reduction, but
that didn't introduce the halo either. In any event, I'd appreciate any references to how to remove halo's in PS.
Thanks

[Shawn Marques]

Hi Jack. My guess it that maybe you may have made a global shadow adjustment, which can cause halos. It can be prevented by masking out the bg before applying that adjustment.

[Jack Faller]

Reprocessed and modified the crop. This time the halo is reduced. Perhaps it was an overzealous highlight/Shadow

[James Salywoda]

Outstanding Repost Jack!!!!!! Your all around adjustments made a Good image "Excellent" Well Done!

[Lana Hays]

Jack
The repost certainly demonstrates what an excellent image this is. The shadow/highlight tool is a wonderful tool....provided that it's used in moderation and applied just to the areas where needed. Well done with this one.

[Maxis Gamez]

Excellent re-post. Good advice from you all.