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Shawn Marques
03-05-2008, 08:59 AM
A cuddly and sweet looking American white pelican. All he needs it a bowtie! This is actually a full body shot but I decided to hone in closely so that the details of it's eye were clearly visible. Taken in early morning. Thanks for stopping by!

Canon 40D, Canon EF 600mm, Canon Speedlite
Gitzo carbon fiber tripod, Wimberely head
Sorry- I lost the metadata on this one!
Jim Poor
03-05-2008, 09:07 AM
Really nice pose and colors. Looks like the eye could use some sharpening and lightening. There is a good bit of noise in there as well.
Jim Poor
03-05-2008, 09:11 AM
Just a quickie to bring out the eye a little.
Shawn Marques
03-05-2008, 09:20 AM
Just a quickie to bring out the eye a little.

Thanks, Jim. It looks great!
Manos Papadomanolakis
03-05-2008, 11:03 AM
Very nice Jim`s repost!
David Lowell
03-05-2008, 03:03 PM
Jim,

What did you do to accomplish that?

Thanks

David Lowell
Jim Poor
03-05-2008, 03:11 PM
Sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't post the steps.

Selected just the eye and added a bit of saturation. Selected a 100% hard round brush just a little smaller than the pupil and filled it in with black (would be a little different with a catchlight on the pupil area).

Then sharpened the eye area 50% .2 radius. I usually do more, but there is a bit of noise there.
Deselected the eye and used a soft edged brush with 30% exposure on the dodge tool to lighten the whole area in yellow around the eye.