Optimize this image !!!
The image is straight out of the camera with zero enhancements complete with dust bunny and all!!
Why don't you try processing and see what you come up with. Do briefly give an idea of steps. Will be posting others similar so we can all sharpen our PS skills. The idea is to work regular images not heroic saves. What to do with an everyday image. Will be picking some that are a little hot, flat etc but all within reason !!!
Have fun and go at it !!!
here's my version! cropped, established B&W control points, doctored the eye by brightening the yellows, color control points on the upper right and lower left corner to reduce brightness a little to emphasis the bird and controlled the whites with another color control point. one small round of sharpening. took about three minutes. no biggie!!
Last edited by Harold Davis; 12-13-2008 at 06:21 PM.
A very good exercise in post processing. I will follow with my image tomorrow; Mr. Forns. Its going to be interesting to see how they are doctored up, by our brothers and sisters at ETL...I respectfully refrain any comments or contributions on my part...:):cool:
... good point Gus :) Might want to put one up for processing (I know the 24 hours is not up) would be good for practice.
Harold what did you do? Looks good This was my idea just optimize a good image out of the camera which should not take lots of steps !!
I'm sure someone can come up with more ideas !!!
Optimize this image !!!
Nothing ventured, nothing gained !!!
Here's my take.
1.Crop. 2.Clone. 3.Noiseware. 4.Levels.
Cheers: Ian Mc
I like the tighter corp and the levels work !!! neat !!
Didn't take too long. Would be easier with the full file. Cropped a little from the top. Sharpened around the head area. The whites look blown but I think it happens with sharpening and would not be so with the original. Removed the dust bunny with the patch tool. Did a curves and colour correction using Blur/average/levels/ with grey eye dropper selected. Didn't do a NR as I thought it didn't need it. My .02.
Last edited by Jackie Schuknecht; 12-13-2008 at 07:29 PM.
Interesting the little difference when using curves like Jackie did I think once you master the use it has to be the most powerful tool since you can color balance and even sharpen some.
An interesting fix for this one would have been selecting the bird and tree, optimizing the sky then tweaking the bird. Might have made it dramatic. If it wasn't just over four am I might have given it a try :) heading out in a few !!!
Cropping wise its a mater of taste and what you want to show. I sort of like the later tree but cropping also looks good since it shows the bird larger in frame. Nothing wrong with either, not better or worse !!!
The Peanut Gallery's 2 cents worth!!
Crop, levels, blur, selective burning, dodging and sharpened eye, beak and feet.
Also removed dot from right of beak to define it more.:o
Last edited by Jeni Williams; 12-14-2008 at 07:33 AM.
RE-Composition
Change landing area, moved it, color balanced background, adjusted contrast, color (made it darker black), sharpened Osprey. Wish I had cs4 at work but still only have PS 6.
Last edited by Paul Lagasi; 12-14-2008 at 01:01 PM.
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