"Eyes on You"

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

Gator Land Rookery Thks for Looking.
Specs:
Av( Aperture Value ) 6.3
Metering Mode Spot Metering
Exposure Compensation -1/3
ISO Speed 200
Auto ISO Speed OFF
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Focal Length 500.0mm
Image Size 5184x3456
Image Quality RAW
Flash On
Flash Type External E-TTL
E-TTL II flash metering Evaluative flash metering
Flash Exposure Compensation -1 1/3
Shutter curtain sync 1st-curtain sync
FE lock OFF
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode AI Servo AF
AF area select mode Spot AF
Picture Style Neutral
Sharpness 4
Contrast -4
Saturation -2
Color tone 0
Color Space Adobe RGB

[Lance Peters]

Hi Don - lots to like here - lovely fine feather detail, Good HA and eye contact and nice pose.
Would clone out 1 of the catchlights in the eye, Id be tempted to set a white point, think the whites could go that tad whiter.
A little more space up front would move the eye out of the centre of the frame - add a little NR on the background and your good to go.
Like this a lot - Big Congrats :)

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

Thks Lance, I'm currently working on the whites,however i need to read up on the clone feature, as i'm new to photoshop,, and trying to learn these tools. Anyone care to share a tutorial for the cloning of the catch light??
TIA
Don

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Like this shot Don, I would lighten and sharpen the eye a bit too. Well done with the exposure.

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Good details and love the white against dark BG! A bit more space on left would be nice.

[Don Lacy]

Hey Don, Freezing are @#$ off at Gatorland was worth for images like this:D
I took all of the other suggestions which I agreed with and did a few extra little things like lighten the eye and some selective sharpening on it plus added a bit more saturation to the lore around the eye. So in total I reset the white point and added some light to the midtones. I used a small S curve to add I touch more contrast and brighten the green around the eye and the eye itself. Ran noise reduction on the BG added canvas to the right and to top it selectively sharpen the eye.

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

Awesome!! Okay, now for the bad news.. you're going to have to show me how to do this.. as i've been "infected" with the "Bug"!
Thks Don

[Don Lacy]

Awesome!! Okay, now for the bad news.. you're going to have to show me how to do this.. as i've been "infected" with the "Bug"!
Thks Don

You know your welcome to come over any time just do not hold me responsible for what you do after you see your images on my imacs 27 inch screen and PS run on a quad core with 8 gigs of ram:D

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

You know your welcome to come over any time just do not hold me responsible for what you do after you see your images on my imacs 27 inch screen and PS run on a quad core with 8 gigs of ram:D

ok, now my wife is going to really hate you!!!! Just kidding... :D
You are on, save that image, and we'll photoshop it!

[Bill Dix]

Lovely image. Beautifully sharp eye and great colors against the dark bg. Nice details in the whites. Good suggestions above, and repost puts it over the top.