All photos were taken in a museum so all the cats were stuffed and put behind glass. A cheesy hand-painted background was put behind them. These were my rejects but can they be rescued.
You basically learn by doing, so let's see if you can make these natural looking. We did this a while back and I thought I would bring it back.
Please explain your steps so we can all learn. You don't have to use Photoshop, any photo editor programs can be used.
3.) Adjusted curves & levels; maintained reddish balance to make the tones match a "sunset" exposure
I like the colors on yours better. Is the Fred Miranda thing an plug-in or stand alone program
Fred Miranda Intellisharpen is a plug-in, available at Fred Miranda for $15 US. The version I have is older, does not support 16-bit; I may have to upgrade, it's cheap enough.
Here's another one, this one was a bugger with all the relfections, especially the red tint on the cat from the tungsten lamp reflections in the window...
thanks, i didnt really mess with the color one too much
masked out the leopard - gaussian blurred the BG
4px - then 4px again
but duotoned the BW with a pantone orange, lowered the slope of the curve by about 50%
sharpened 150%/0.6/0
selective color - yellows - upped a tad
same with the blacks
boosted contrast with curves
I was just playing around with your picture trying something that I learned this afternoon and all of a sudden a mistake was made and this appeared.
Certainly doesn't improve it but it was fun.
