That looks good Jay. It was a challenging photo to me. Here's my version. I used CS6 raw converter and adjusted color and tone and I added some blue also and then I used Nik Color Efex color contrast filter and the Detail enhancer filter. I also added a light vignette plus I airbrushed a dark color over some of the bright spots in the background foliage and used the blur tool on same. I often use the blur tool on busy backgrounds to make them recede a bit. I used the Photoshop sharpen tool in the toolbar which is now very good, not like the older versions, just on the head and neck and legs/feet. Judy Howle Southern Exposures http://southernexposure.zenfolio.com Digital Photography Class; Resources for Photographers http://digitalphotographyclass.net -----Original Message----- From: missbirdphotos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:missbirdphotos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of J. K. Cliburn Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 7:17 PM To: missbirdphotos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [missbirdphotos] Re: My Take on Bittern Photo Here's my result (scaled down to 800x600). I used UFRaw to read the raw file and do some initial processing (saturation, contrast), then exported to Gimp for finish work (set white point, increased blue a little, cropping, scaling, unsharp mask). Jay On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Dana Swan <danaswan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > My take on the Bittern photo from NEF 158 that I just posted. > -- > Dana Swan at Toccopola, Mississippi. > There are two kinds of men in this world. > Those who can grill and those who think they can grill. B. Flay. >
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