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South Africa
United Colours (14)
Dee_eS
![Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 16 W: 0 N: 33]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/s-n-s.gif) (440) |
Photoshop Elements | Evelynn
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1974 W: 689 N: 2800]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (12501) [2007-01-13 19:33:10] [2] | | I used a Levels adjustment layer to tone down only the bright foreground and background. I did no adjustment on the animals. |
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Botswana
Whitefronted Bee-eater (18)
Dee_eS
(440) |
Various (CS2) | | Merlin
(896) [2006-04-16 12:08:18] [2] | USM, levels 0, pixels 0.3, 150%.
Slight adjustments in "highlights and shadows."
Increased contrast +10.
Masked background and ran noise reduction @3 pixels. |
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Botswana
Who are you? (30) *
Dee_eS
(440) |
Cropped,sharpened | | pvs
(11539) [2006-04-09 09:35:27] [3] | Hi Daniel,
Nothing wrong with your posting,only a try out what would be the result with some extra cropping,
So 1st I cropped the picture,therafter I sharpened picture with USM (300% 0,3 pixel,treshold 0) and fitted a frame and resized it for web,hope you like it,
Paul |
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South Africa
Steppe Buzzard (?) (3)
Dee_eS
(440) |
Various (CS2) | | Merlin
(896) [2006-04-01 06:08:31] [2] | Main modification is to adjust "shadows" by +50% to bring out feather detail more.
Reduced contrast slightly.
Resized. |
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Botswana
Concentration and balance (12)
Dee_eS
(440) |
Cropped | | pvs
(11539) [2006-03-31 02:14:16] [3] | Hi Daniel,
Just cropped the image,resized again for web and sharpened a little with USM,Just to get rid of the OE white part ,regards Paul |
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Botswana
Beau (1)
Dee_eS
(440) |
Various techniques applied | nixpix
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 76 W: 27 N: 116]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-g.gif) (426) [2005-07-26 20:00:31] [2] | Hi Daniel, this is my first workshop so please bear with me.
I have smudged out the background above the head a little as I found the white branch distracting. Cropped a little at the top and bottom to make the image bolder and because of the existing tight crop on the left also taken a bit on the right.
The original posted was a bit washed out, often a factor or ordinary light on lions. I have decreased blue, darkened a bit and saturated a little. This brings out the more natural lion colour and adds a bit of punch. I also smudged out the small spot in the bottom left of the lions mouth as it was distracting. Sharpened just a touch and added a black frame to pick up and compliment the black of the nose and mouth.
You could have posted the image a little larger to utilise the image space allowed. If you are worried about the file size being under 200kb then rather adjust compression.
Also when cropping, and I like tight portraits as you will see when I upload more images, you should always allow room for the animal or bird to look into (if it is looking to one side). I might even have cropped some of the ears and more of the right here if the image had been larger.
Hope you like it and find it useful.
Regards, Rob. |
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South Africa
Brown Snake Eagle (6)
Dee_eS
(440) |
Ulead Photo Express | | wishnugaruda
(13860) [2005-07-23 16:22:14] | Hi Daniel,
the background is very nice - I havn't changed.
But I gave more brightness to the nice eagle.
I hope you like it.
Bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda |
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