How would you fix this RAW of 2 baby snow leopards

[MaxPower]

This photo I took last week in cologne zoo, but the flash and the windows of the snow leopard compound were a really bad combo. So how would you fix this photo, below you find a link to the RAW file. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ghw2296zm6watcq/2013-03-13%20um%2012-26-45.CR2

I will post my own work later on.

 

[Renegade Runner]

I honestly can't remember what I just did. It was done fast and under 10 seconds. Lowered exposure, raised contrast and raised clarity in Photoshop. Nothing major. I am interested to see what others will do.

 

[lol]

When I saw the original description I was fearing glare or worse, but this is a nice shot.

Here's my attempt... processed in DxO. Slight nudge to WB to warm it a little. Applied "Strong" DxO lighting which squishes it down, then turned up the general and micro-contrast. Upped vibrancy and saturation to bring out the colours (perhaps a shade too much?) and a touch of reduction in shadows to boost the perceived contrast a little more. If I were to spend more time on it, I think I'd make it a little brighter still.

Oh, with hindsight, I'd crop a little off the top too, to get rid of that dark bit.

 

[jsexton]

DPP, adjusted white balance and exposure, upped vibrance and contrast a bit, adjusted layers and cropped a small part. Gorgeous animals.

 

[bran8]

Lightroom 4

 

[bseitz234]

LR4, upped contrast and clarity, a bit of sharpening, and desaturated (for no particular reason, I just found it more pleasing that way.) I think that's all I did...

 

[SBeck]

Everyone sees color differently.

 

[iMagic]

OK, my attempt

 

[marcel]

Open with Photoshop CS5, and in Adobe Camera Raw select "Auto", works perfect.

 

[lehre]

I did a tight crop. and THINK i like the color one best. but dont rly know. Lightroom 4 Lighten the eye a bit. Higher exposure, Highlights recovered (after pushing exposure), a little too much clarity (forgot to turn it back down after exporting B/W version), strong contrast curve, some HSL, and Portrait camera calibration.

(btw Love bran8's Version)

 

[risc32]

sitting here working on some work shots, had to give it a quick go...

 

[lion rock]

My rendition.

 

[gary samples]

photo shop 6 here's my fix

 

[JBeckwith]

LR4 Auto tone, + clarity, + vibrance.

Didn't want to go overkill on it since it wasn't really that bad SOOC.

 

[Bruce Photography]

This is pretty much my standard processing technique. I feel that I couldn't do much with it having not seen the animal. I'll be very interested to see the posters treatment. I use Camera Raw processing mostly with just levels (didn't need much). Your 100-400 looks like a very sharp copy. Wonderful animals. I used his wiskers for my white balance.

 

[DanThePhotoMan]

I'm a huge fan of eyes that pop, so I did a little saturation adjustment for him. But yeah, basically the same as everyone else: upped contrast and clarity, and vuala!

 

[Dylan777]

With my ave Joe's PP skill in LR4 - 7mins of work ;D

 

[lostfeliz]

Give it a whirl in LR4.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wytd9qbilezmmpq/20130313_2013-03-13%20um%2012-26-45.jpg

 

[Roger Jones]

silver efx

 

[PTT]

I felt a portrait crop of the head resulted in a strong photograph. Removed twigs and other distractions around the right and bottom edges. Brightened and sharpened the eye. Set white balance off the whiskers. Camera RAW first then clean-up in Photoshop. A fun few minutes.