
Originally Posted by
Dan Brown
Bravo! Mr. Bravo! Great story. What an experience that must have been. I really like the eye contact here. The image seems to be washed out a bit. The OOF blob in front of the bird could be removed and some of the bright spots also in the BG, but too many for me to tackle. I have done some adjustments on this image. I did a levels layer, hue/saturation layer, added some black and gray with a selective color layer, adjusted further with highlight/shadow filter, reduced noise with Noise Ninja and finally, I sharpened the eye a bit. Unfortunately, all of the above should have been done prior to your sharpening because what I have done has enhanced the halo around the bird, particularly the head. But, I think the image is improved and if you were to go back to the original file, adjust and then sharpen, I think you will have a great image to go along with a great story.
Dan Brown
ps. I almost forgot, the leg band may qualify this as a "hand of man" catagory image!