Assignment - Image to work

[Lance Peters]

Assignment - Image To Work- "A watchful eye"

Taken at the Gannet Colony .

Note: This image is a straight RAW file, converted to jpeg format...Nothing was done to it...

Assignment: Work this image, making the corrections and enhancements necessary; using the post processing needed. List all the steps taken to polish the final product...

[Gus Cobos]

This is a good one to work on Mr. Peters,
Will sit back and watch the different possibilities that will be springing up...:D:cool:

[Ilija Dukovski]

Here's my try...

Crop
Adjust levels and midpoint
Clone and heal beak area
Clone and heal white area
Clone and heal blue area
Smudge white and blue areas
Selective NR in blue BG
Saturate color a bit
Sharpen a bit
Eye correction
Re-size for posting

Critique very much appreciated...