
Originally Posted by
Juan Aragonés
Bill, I apologize for the delay in reposting your image :o but I have been really busy.
The file original file that you sent to me looks great and worked on it using a selective processing technique. In other words, I selected different parts in the image and processed then using different techniques. I think that this image has the following "key" areas:
- the highlights in the bill
- the glossy, coopery feathers in the shoulder
- the body of the ibis
- the BG
I greated several copies of the image in layers then, I selected in each one of the layers, the area that I wanted to work and delete the rest of the image.
In the "highlights layer" I deleted all the image but the bill, in the "glossy layer" I selected the shoulder of the bird and deleted all the rest of the image, and so on.
Once I have my layer structure I apply a different process to each layer. In the highlighs layer I toned down the bill (using level adjustmet or the underexpose tool); in the glossy layer I enhaced the saturation; in the BG layer I toned down the water and in the "body layer" I worked on levels and color balance.
Sharpening, convert to sRGB and save for web
Here is the result