Here is my go at the processing:
open in photoshop acr
Noise reduction:
luminance 25
luminance detail 50
luminance contrast 0
color 50
color detail 65
white balance as shot
exposure 0
recovery 23
fill light 0
blacks 0
brightness +50
contrast +25
clarity +8
vibrance +9
saturation +12
crop
In photoshop:
levels right slider to 230
select dark parts of bird with magic wand tool
refine edge:
edge detection 0.9 px
smooth 12
feather 20
contrast 8
shift edge 8
curves:
in= 192 out= 192
in= 57 out= 75
deselect
curves on whole image:
in= 188 out= 195
in= 102 out= 103
in= 37 out= 24
save as version b.
in ImagesPlus:
Richardson-Lucy deconvolution: 5x5, 25 iterations
Back to photoshop
Bring in new Richardson-Lucy deconvolution as a layer on top of previous version.
select background and delete (noise was enhanced in the deconvolution)
some further selective noise reduction on background (Gaussian blur 0.8)
merge layers.
select back of bird with lasso tool
edge detection 0.9 px
smooth 12
feather 20
contrast 8
shift edge 8
curves tool to lighten back of bird
in= 113 out= 117
in= 47 out= 57
in= 16 out- 18
curves tool to bring out feather detail
in= 126 out= 129
in= 71 out= 74
in= 38 out= 30
some general (minor) clean up (blur tool) on some edges that had residual ringing from processing.
convert to sRGB, 8-bit,
size for web and save for web
Roger
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