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Canada
Honky Tonk Nuthatch (23)
NinaM
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 571 W: 0 N: 1407]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (4645) |
Adobe CS 3 | glazzaro
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 485 W: 112 N: 1273]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (4497) [2007-11-09 18:20:54] [4] | Did the following:
1. Cropped
2. Reduced shadows
3. Adjusted levels
4. Sharpened
5. Reduced saturation
6. Increased contrast
7. Selected the BG, ran Surface Blur |
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Spain
for Claudine (92) *
Juyona
(13325) |
Adobe CS2 | | glazzaro
(4497) [2007-05-15 02:58:01] [5] | 1. Reduced shadows and increased highlights.
2. Adjusted the levels, mid tones.
3. Created duplicate layer, on the duplicate I increased levels to make the shot brighter, then used Gaussian blur on the image. I then selected the blending option "Multiply". I then merged the layer back visible.
4. Adjusted the curves to bring in more light.
5. Slight sharpening using smart sharpen in CS 2.
Greg |
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Canada
The imitator (122) *
claudine
(9925) |
Adobe CS2 | | glazzaro
(4497) [2007-04-25 00:02:05] [2] | Did the following:
1. Reduced saturation
2. Increased mid tones
3. Created duplicate layer, blurred the duplicate at 10 pixels, then selected the blending mode Multiply.
4. Merged the layers at 80% opacity.
5. Selective area increase in highlights.
6. Sharpened then added a soft filter.
Greg |
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India
Mouse? No,Am his cousin - The Squirrel (9)
iris
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 393 W: 41 N: 737]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-g.gif) (2322) |
CS2 | | glazzaro
(4497) [2007-04-05 01:40:53] | 1. Adjusted the levels
2. Increased the highlights and reduced shadows.
3. Sharpened
4. Created a layer, used Gaussian blur, 10 pixels. Set blending mode to Multiply. Then merged visible setting the Opacity to 65%.
5. Increased contrast and saturation.
6. Applied a soft filter.
Greg |
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Belgium
proud like a dragon (50)
gallezeric
(1671) |
Adobe CS 2 | | glazzaro
(4497) [2007-01-30 16:02:13] [3] | 1. Selected the BG, reduced levels to show less detail.
2. Selected the overexposed area of the rock, used patch tool and cloning to recover whites.
3. Use hand tool for some selective spot sharpening.
Greg |
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United Kingdom
Arctic Fox (2)
garyfudge
(1098) |
Adobe CS 2 | | glazzaro
(4497) [2007-01-30 14:55:24] | 1. Re-cropped to place more emphasis on the face
2. Dropped shadows 10% increased highlights 10%
3. Adjusted Levels
4. Selected the viewers left eye, reduced shadows by 24%
5. Applied a photo filter, deep blue, 25%, bring out the whites
6. Increased contrast +5
Greg |
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United Kingdom
Alopex Lagopus (20)
garyfudge
(1098) |
Adobe CS 2 | | glazzaro
(4497) [2007-01-29 14:42:21] [1] | 1. Adjusted the levels
2. Increased shadows 2% and highlights by 5 %
3. Introduced noise in the BG using a Film grain effect.
4. Sharpened animal using smart sharpen, 2 pixels at 50%.
5. Increased contrast +1
Greg |
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United Kingdom
See, Speak, Hear.......? (1)
dirtydive (11) |
Adobe CS 2 | | glazzaro
(4497) [2007-01-29 14:26:07] [3] | 1. Adjusted the levels
2. Increased shadows and highlights by 5 %
3. Reduced noise in the BG using a Film grain effect.
4. Increased contrast +3
5. Selected the rocks, added a photo filter, 25%, Sepia in order to bring down the tone a bit on the whites.
6. Dropped saturation -1, dropped lighting -9
Greg |
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Canada
Tête de héron (12)
Valf
(522) |
Adobe CS 2 | | glazzaro
(4497) [2006-10-22 21:46:47] [3] | Did the following:
1. Reduced shadows by 35% and increased highlights by 15%.
2. Increased saturation.
3. Sharpened 1 pixel deep at 50%.
Greg |
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Sweden
Large Wall Brown (19)
uleko
(23734) |
Adobe CS 2 | | glazzaro
(4497) [2006-09-30 11:57:50] | 1. Reduced shadows 50%, increased highlights 20%.
2. Decreased mid tones
3. Increased contrast and saturation
4. Used smart sharpen, 2 pixels deep at 100%
Note: There was more detail and color that could be pulled from the shot by simply reducing shadows, wanted to show the differance.
Greg |
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