Wow! My first ribbon, and hopefully not the last:) Thanks to everyone for the votes and the nice comments.
The original picture was taken through a glass and did not look very good; I almost went with something else. Here is the original
Post processing:
Slight Rotation
Crop
Basic Curves, colors, levels and lighting adjustment
Brighten the eyes
Smart Sharpening
Convert a layer to B&W using the green channel
Combine the 2 layers using multiply
Lots of dodging and burning
Save for Web
Reopen in CS3
Smart sharpening again
Added a border
Saved for web again
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Place: 3 out of 473 Avg (all users): 7.2162 Avg (commenters): 7.7895 Avg (participants): 7.1415 Avg (non-participants): 7.4048 Views since voting: 8639 Views during voting: 294 Votes: 148 Comments: 72 Favorites: 40 (view)
At first I thought image was great and then when I saw what the original image was that it came from, then I realized this picture was flat out amazing. Very sharp image and great work after the shot.
this is an amazing shot. the crop really adds something to it. i am an artist & i was wondering if i could have your permission to paint this someday? i was also wondering what kind of software you used to do your editing?
Alain -
It has all been said by others.. but just had to say that the image is an inspiration to all others to persevere at the "taking" stage and also in the Edit stage in PS'. A truly wonderful shot, captivating and well deserved praise.
thanks for sharing and congratulations.
Congrats on your first ribbon! a fantastic powerful gaze...hopefully they won't dq you as they did me for a similar tiger image where I burned out the background :( (Still not over it!!!) just kidding, I AM over it...
You have done some amazing PS work on your original maybe I should give you some of mine to do LOL!
This is Beautifully done and you have certainly done justist to this majestic beast
Congratulations on your Ribbon well deserved
awesome job on the processing of this. I would love to see the step by step pictures of this. I have many photos through glass like this that I would love to take to the next level. I'll keep practicing, and hopefully I'll get something like this some day!
Yes...Yes...Yes..... Finally you have your first ribbon, and so deserved. Long overdue, as your top five images could all have ribboned, due to the outstanding photography.....
A perfect shot here, and in a 'Free Study', and I am so very pleased for you Alain.....
Congrats on a well deserved ribbon. You've really pulled a lot of detail out in the processing and yet you wouldn't think that from the shot alone. Very good job indeed!
Wow! That is some incredible processing to go from the original to this. :)
Another wonderful animal portrait with your Bigma. I really have to get me one of those...then another million years to learn how to process as well as you do, and I am in business! LOL
Congratulations, Alain!! A VERY long overdue ribbon - very pleased to see your work on the front page!! And this is an amazing shot with stunning presence.
I absolutely love ths picture!!!!!!!!!! This is awsome if you got that close you got my vote LOL... It really is a nice picture that would look good on the front of National Geographic
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