Bald Eagle blur #2

Here is another blur with sharper head... this was taken after the eagle tried to pick up the fish. For processing, cleaned-up a thin shadow of the head, used adjustment layers for saturation and selective colors and sharpened for the final web version. Hope you like it...

Indranil...another great blur.....the head does look very good here....but i still think i prefer your first posting myself

Good job with the head and that incredible eagle eye. The blur everywhere else says a lot about the action that was happening. Your timing was good in getting the spray from its talons. I think that adds a lot.

Nice one Indranil, I love the water coming off the talons. Nice details- beautiful!:S3:

Looks great, Indranil. I like the white streaks of the blurred water. Steve

Indranil, nice blur! I wish there were a little more room on the rhs and the top (not much). I especially like the water streaming off of the talons.:S3:

Hi Indranil, I love it!!! Very nice blur. The sharper eye really makes this one work very well.

Love the bird, the spray, and the pan-blur. Wish for a bit more room around. Ten minutes for the repost. Anyone see anything different?

Nice repost Arthur. I am going to guess 'tonal contrast' ?:S3:

Good guess Andrew but that is one of the few things that I did not do :S3:.

Looks like you lightened it a bit.

That's one. By pulling the curve up a bit. But lots more.

You did work on the eye.

Yes, lots of Eye Doctor work plus a new technique for the face. And lots more.

What technique? Do share...

Duplicate layer -- color dodge with reduced opacity

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Originally Posted by Dennis Bishop

Duplicate layer -- color dodge with reduced opacity

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Nope. Did the same thing with NIK Color Efex Details Extractor painted in on the head to restore detail and density to the whites.

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Originally Posted by denise ippolito

What technique? Do share...

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Aside from the usual contrast mask on the face and bill, I toned down the yellow on the bill. Here is the new thing that I invented yesterday just for eagles. Works well with both blurs and sharp.

With a tiny brush paint a Quick Mask of the the line where the upper and lower mandible meet and the eye ring/skin. Put that on it's own layer and pull down the curve. If you compare the bills closely you will see one of the reasons why the repost looks so much sharper. And I figgered it out all on my own. Have you done that before???

Thanks for sharing...will have to give that a try. It worked really well here.

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Originally Posted by Andrew McLachlan

Thanks for sharing...will have to give that a try. It worked really well here.

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Thanks Andrew. It's rare that I figger out anything in Photoshop on my own. Most of what I know has been taught to me by Ellen Anon in the old days, by Tim Grey, tons by Robert O'Toole, and most recently by Lady D. I thank them all :S3:.

Artie, I just tried it on another image and it works like a charm... now it is our turn to call you the Wizard of PS :w3 even the eye doctor is very impressive. Thanks for showing us the way..

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Originally Posted by Arthur Morris

Aside from the usual contrast mask on the face and bill, I toned down the yellow on the bill. Here is the new thing that I invented yesterday just for eagles. Works well with both blurs and sharp.

With a tiny brush paint a Quick Mask of the the line where the upper and lower mandible meet and the eye ring/skin. Put that on it's own layer and pull down the curve. If you compare the bills closely you will see one of the reasons why the repost looks so much sharper. And I figgered it out all on my own. Have you done that before???

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Have not done that but will look into doing that in the future. Thanks for sharing.

Indranil and Lady D, You are most welcome.