I wandered into the back yard to see if there was anything cool to take a picture of for the ol' free study. To my surprise, this little guy ran right in front of me! He is only about 2 inches long. Natural light.
Shot in RAW: adjusted exposure and white balance
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Crop
NI
Curves
Acidify action, put the results of that in a new layer and dropped the opacity down to about 70%
Brightness/Contrast
Dodge and burn all over the place
A bit of desaturation here and there with the sponge tool
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USM (150/.3/0)
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I like how the colors of the background and the ground this critter is standing almost match the subject's skin tones. I wonder what this picture would be like if the whole body was in focus.
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