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    EastAfrica0474 by docsanjeev, on Flickr
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    Sanjeev,

    Some may think the colours look a little odd, but lets face it Giraffe come in many shades and patterns. Perhaps reducing the whites a bit may help, to warm it up, but you know best what colour it was.

    Would have loved to see the mouth slightly open.

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    Hi Sanjeev, a nice portrait of the Giraffe, with detail, form & tones in there.

    I get the impression this was backlit, but could be wrong? If it is backlit, then a very simple way to adjust things is via a method Russell used, which is quick and easy, but gives you ultimate control over both subject and BKG. In addition, as I have tried, opening up the eye will retain all the lovely features you have in it and will give distinction and draw the viewer in. Depending on the crop and how much you have, I might be tempted to move the whole crop a little more to the right, allowing more space in front of the nose and less to the LHS. A fraction more USM would also help too.

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    Sanjeev,

    I performed a curves adjustment to lighten up the shadows.

    1) Create curves adjustment and pull curve up and left to open up right eye until I liked the look - rest of image very light.
    2) Fill layer mask with black.
    3) Paint with white over eye to reveal curves adjustment.
    4) Paint with shades of gray (25%, 50% or 75%) over other areas to reveal more detail.

    I painted 50% around the eye, 100% (white) at the eye and other shades around the ears.

    I sharpened it a bit more.

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    Wow, Robert the image looks much better. Steve too had give some very nice suggestions and tips to improve it. Thank you Ken, Steve & Robert.
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    Sanjeev

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