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The swan (2)
matspia (79)
A pair of swans had made a nest quite close to the shore at lake Trekanten. Each day, I passed them by on my way to work. This is one of the funniest moments.
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matspia (79)
Cropped & adjust contrast/brightness
Edited by:Finland_in_Eton Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 156 W: 23 N: 225] (876)
Ran this through Paint Shop Pro Photo XI. Cropped the image down, mostly from the top to focus more closely on the swan. Used the 'color fade' tool set to 15 (a relatively low setting) to address the greenish tint. Next ran it through the brightness/contrast "levels" tool accepting the default (automatic) suggestion. For a little more depth I then used the 'clarify' tool at setting of 1.0. Finally I used the "sharpen tool" at a low setting and radius to pick out detail on the swan. I prefer this to using 'sharpen' which does a preset, non adjustable sharpening of the whole image. I find that on images that have already been resized this tends over sharpen with unpleasant results.

Cheers, Mish