Wildlife Image of the Week for the week ending Aug. 16th, 2013: Loi Nguyen - Big and Small

[Daniel Cadieux]

Congratulations Loi!

I finally learned how to add canvas properly thanks to Artie's instructional video and was able to save this image.

1DX
500f4 II + 1.4X III
1/800
F8
ISO-400
Handheld

Added a sliver of canvas on the left side
Adjusted WB in DPP
Exported to CS6, checked for WB again, removed a little bit of Red cast
Adjusted brightness via Levels
Added Mid tone contrast via Curves
Saturation +10
Vibrance + 10
Brightened areas around the eyes of both elephants selectively via Quick Mask and Curves
Added more Blue to the sky via Saturation and Channel Mixer, tried to make it bluer, but looked phony, so backed off.
UMS: Amount = 120, Radius = 0.3

Hope you like it. This is probably my most favorite elephant image from the recent trip to Kenya and Tanzania.

Appreciate your comments

Thank you!

Loi

[Steve Kaluski]

Congratulations Loi.

[Don Lacy]

Congrats on IOYW Loi a fine image

[Loi Nguyen]

Thank you very much Daniel, Steve, and Don. This is indeed my favorite image of the trip and the folks on the Wildlife Forum helped me make it better. Loi