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Re: Take a look at this image, can someone with great PP skill make it work?
« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2012, 08:40:52 PM »
Sorry . Messed up the numbering of the steps. Hehe.

Fump. Thats lovely work.

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« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2012, 08:40:52 PM »

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« Reply #16 on: September 04, 2012, 09:46:37 PM »
No big expert here, and for this pic it really isn't needed. When you cheat! :) Viveza2 in CS5 makes it really easy. Contrast boost 22%, Structure about 20%, Brightness 3%, Shadows a minus 7% then I used smart sharpen at 62% with a 1 px radius, masked the eagles out and used Imagenomic to take some noise out of the cropped image...mainly to soften the edges of all the leaves without dulling the details of the eagles. Voila! About 2 minutes.
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« Reply #17 on: September 04, 2012, 09:56:49 PM »
I can't resist a challenge!

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« Reply #18 on: September 04, 2012, 10:55:53 PM »
Nice work dirtcastle. I hate PP but should learn it better:-/
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« Reply #19 on: September 04, 2012, 10:58:29 PM »
I can't resist a challenge!

nice job dirt castle...looks great!
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« Reply #20 on: September 04, 2012, 11:03:11 PM »
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« Reply #21 on: September 04, 2012, 11:05:29 PM »
I'm especially digging fump's earthy colors and instense depth of field.

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« Reply #21 on: September 04, 2012, 11:05:29 PM »

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« Reply #22 on: September 04, 2012, 11:19:17 PM »
Here's another treatment. I added some fake DOF.

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« Reply #23 on: September 04, 2012, 11:23:57 PM »
http://www.flickr.com/photos/isabella1/7934488042/#in/photostream/lightbox/
gonna erase it soon. just did a little action here and there.
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« Reply #24 on: September 05, 2012, 12:34:38 AM »
can i try...

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« Reply #25 on: September 05, 2012, 02:05:10 AM »
Here is my quick five minute edit.  But I couldn't get the raw file so this probably isn't very helpful.  But I'll save the PSD file just in case.

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« Reply #26 on: September 05, 2012, 02:26:49 AM »
I gave it a try, not sure if it works or not, but constructive crits are always helpful!

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« Reply #27 on: September 05, 2012, 02:52:14 AM »
Little bit of this, little bit of that. (LR3) Added clarity to the birds, lowered clarity on the leaves, slight vignette, warmed up the greens. Added contrast.

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« Reply #28 on: September 05, 2012, 04:32:38 AM »
Hope you like this one too :) :)

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« Reply #29 on: September 05, 2012, 08:39:30 AM »
Post processing is hugely subject to personal preference, but here's my opinion.
Don't over do the image, especially by jacking up the vibrance, contrast or sharpening, you want to enhance the image, not ruin it, especially with wildlife images.
I liked the big tree branches, so I've kept as much of it as I could to keep the whole image in context, but just adjusted the colour, contrast, and toning. The key to post processing is learning how to create layer masks and masking/unmasking parts of the image to enhance the whole picture. After I created a mask and adjusted the background, I was able to separate the birds with the background by changing the contrast, brightness and vibrance.

The thing you should learn first is how to layer mask and use it effectively.
Good luck! :)

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« Reply #29 on: September 05, 2012, 08:39:30 AM »