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Kenya
Title: Angry buffaloCanon EOS 350D
Angry buffalo (14)
Kibwana (78)
High Pass
High Pass
CaptiveLight Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 512 W: 61 N: 233] (947) [2008-02-15 12:26:08] [4]
Simply used "quick mask" to cover head, horns etc, then went back to normal mode, inverted selection, layer (selection) by copy, then filters, other, high pass, used a factor of 0.9, then chose vivid light. Flatten image and save for web.
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United Kingdom
Title: Water Rail.
Water Rail. (32)
Heyshamite Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 152 W: 0 N: 398] (2179)
Noise reduction, cloning
Noise reduction, cloning
CaptiveLight Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 512 W: 61 N: 233] (947) [2007-05-21 19:07:02] [1]
Using Photoshop CS2

Just cloned out the areas above the bird where some PS marks were visible, then added some dark patches using the dodge tool set to 5% Shadow. Ran the whole image through Neat Image, then selected individual areas using the Quick Mask mode, before going back to normal mode, inverting the selection and adding in a slight gaussian blur at 5% to smooth out remaining colour noise.
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Canada
Title: A woodpecker look at the snow fallingPentax *ist D
A woodpecker look at the snow falling (30)
jeanpaul Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2046 W: 99 N: 3277] (13851)
Layers/Curves/Erase
Layers/Curves/Erase
CaptiveLight Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 512 W: 61 N: 233] (947) [2006-12-07 02:48:45] [5]
Image opened in Photoshop.

Duplicate layer made, working on bottom layer open Curves window and mid tones increased to brighten up the bird's body.

Select top layer, and erased over the white areas of the bird with a soft eraser brush at 50% opacity to show the lighter version underneath in these areas.

20% eraser brush swiped over the snow in the background to just to make them a little less grey.

Total time 1.5 mins
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Canada
Title: Winter LandscapeOLYMPUS E-500
Winter Landscape (16)
BillyGoat Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 259 W: 30 N: 892] (4571)
Layers/Curves/Erase
Layers/Curves/Erase
CaptiveLight Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 512 W: 61 N: 233] (947) [2006-12-07 02:34:01] [4]
Opened in Photoshop.

Duplicate layer made, working on bottom layer, open "curves" window, drag up mid point to brighten the grey snow area. When area is bright enough, saturation taken down by some 50% as there was a blue tone reflection off the sky.

Select top layer, and using a soft edged eraser brush at 40% opacity foreground area of grey snow erased to show the layer underneath.

Little bit of top layer erased across distant mountains at 25% opacity

2 Layers flattened into one and saved ...

Time... about 2 minutes.
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South Africa
Title: Blue WildebeestFujifilm finepix S9500
Blue Wildebeest (18)
patrickb Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 20 W: 0 N: 14] (59)
Colours
Colours
CaptiveLight Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 512 W: 61 N: 233] (947) [2006-07-12 14:26:24] [2]
Couldn't help feeling that the original looked a little cool and washed out. Just added some 10% saturation, 10% contrast, -2% brightness and a 25% 85 warming filter to perk it up a little... total time in Photoshop, less than a minute.
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South Africa
Title: That was close...!!Canon EOS 350D
That was close...!! (34)
OdetteVN Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 64 W: 0 N: 127] (384)
High Pass Filter Sharpening
High Pass Filter Sharpening
CaptiveLight Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 512 W: 61 N: 233] (947) [2006-03-21 07:17:21] [5]
Same sort of thing, just using High Pass Filter Sharpening and layers. I usually find that HPF sharpening gives a good texture to fur, but you have to be careful not to over do it.

Method. Create duplicate layer, erase that layer around the border and signature to preserve them as they are. Next create a duplicate of the new layer, and apply High Pass Filter at 0.7 pix using vivid light. Flatten image.

Hope you don't mind.

More on High Pass Filtering here: http://www.ephotozine.com/techniques/viewtechnique.cfm?recid=355
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Canada
Title: Wild EagleNikon D70
Wild Eagle (28)
rosana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 56 W: 0 N: 31] (411)
Photoshop
Photoshop
CaptiveLight Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 512 W: 61 N: 233] (947) [2005-08-26 02:30:59] [10]
Created a layer copy, played with "levels" on bottom layer for the head, top layer for the rest of the image, and combined the two by erasing the parts of the top layer over the head with a soft brush to allow the bottom layer to show through. Flattened image, made another copy and high pass filtered that to sharpen it. Selected beak/head area and added a touch of USM sharpening to only the selected areas. Flattened Image. Finally cloned out the white speckles, cut off the frame and added simple key-line and border.

Hope you don't mind!
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United Kingdom
Title: Back to BackCanon 20D
Back to Back (58) *
slrnovice2 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 331 W: 31 N: 344] (1197)
Levels
Levels
CaptiveLight Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 512 W: 61 N: 233] (947) [2005-05-13 02:17:35] [8]
I thought the original was a little dark and flat, so I brightened it up using "Levels", and added a warm-up filter layer. Added 10% saturation, then ran image through Neat Image (didn't realise til after it had already been through). Cloned out the odd sparkle that looked out of place, then made a duplicate copy and High Pass sharpened it a little, 0.4 radius on Vivid light I think... This gave me the finished image. Added a border just to set it off... it's a personal thing... Then resized it to 800 pix at 72 Dpi for web use. I noticed you saved it at 175 DPI, you'll probably find that 72 DPI is fine for web display, and will give you smaller file sizes.

Thanks for allowing workshops on such a lovely little picture...
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South Africa
Title: Roseringed ParakeetCanon EOS 20D
Roseringed Parakeet (10)
tinman Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 242 W: 7 N: 458] (2663)
Sharpened and Levels
Sharpened and Levels
CaptiveLight Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 512 W: 61 N: 233] (947) [2005-05-01 05:50:16] [1]
All I've done is sharpen this again by 0.4 Vivid, maybe 0.3 would have been enough, and increased the highlights and mid tones using "levels". Selected the ring around the eye and gave that a quick USM sharpen on it's own.

Oh, and lightened the beak a little just to bring it out of the shadows.
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Turkey
Title: Eye to eyeCanon EOS 20D
Eye to eye (12)
kokonike Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 44 W: 0 N: 10] (989)
Sharpened
Sharpened
CaptiveLight Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 512 W: 61 N: 233] (947) [2005-04-28 11:06:05] [3]
Firstly made a duplicate layer and sharpened using High Pass Sharpening, flattened images into one. Another duplicate layer which was run through Neat Image, top layer erased over the bird to reveal the original sharp layer underneath. Flattened and saved. A few minor burned out highlights cloned or dodged to repair them. Saved for web.
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