I'm prepping 30 images for review. I'm very emotionally attached to this image for reasons that are way to long to go into here, so I'm here for a sanity check.
I like the cool cast to it and I think the image looses it's impact completely when the cast is neutralized. I've done a little clean up of the water and BG, but am contemplating more.
I also lightened the eye and lore area a bit. Did curves in RGB and then again in LAB, where I did the sharpening too.
Would you present this to someone like Artie and or Moose Peterson in a portfolio review?
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D2H
Image Date: 2005:03:23 10:48:44
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 600.0mm (35mm equivalent: 900mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0004 s (1/2500)
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO equiv: 200
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)