Levels, selective color, and brightness/contrast adjustment layers, smart sharpen and additional "normal" sharpening.
This picture was taken while I was doing a photoshoot with my sister's six ducks for the Something New challenge. Many thanks go to peroty for his wonderful assistance with my first photoshoot.
post challenge: Wow! It's now my second highest scoring entry and I am happy about that. It's only the second shot that has scored above a 6. But I am even happier that I placed in the top 25% of a free study - best of the year, no less. Yay! Thanks! :-D
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Great colors, expression, and very sharp. This would be a very appealing easter card or diptych / triptych with other farm animals. (Not that it doesn't stand well on its own - it does - just thinking aloud regarding commercial possibilities for this). The duckling looks so soft I want to pet her. You definitely appeal to emotion here.
The detail on this photo is superb. Very few photos are this detailed, as this is a combination of spot on focus, great lighting and understanding of white balance. The complimentry colors work very well together. I'm not sure that I like the centered composition, but that is more personal taste. A terrific photo.
Darn tootin' you should be happy, Kelly! :) Congrats on a fine pic. I'm just confused - it's so ... happy. I was looking for an emotionally wrenching image of someone screaming, and here you go and show your versatility by creating a lovely shot of a cute animal! ;)
sharp as a tack...I would have cropped this a little differntly as the space above the head and to the left don't really add to the image at all...square crop perhaps...7
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