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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 792803" data-attributes="member: 50197">I'm with TwistedThrottle on composition. I would like to see it with the birds moved more to the right, assuming you have some wiggle room in the original image. And addressing Nikonpup's suggestion, I've successfully, I believe, managed to brighten the eyes on birds using a radial gradient mask in Lightroom. You can center it up and bring it down to just the eye and then bring up the exposure, or perhaps adjust the shadows to bring a bit of sparkle to the eye.Here's a quick before and after on a rejected image.[ATTACH=full]381093[/ATTACH]I actually played around with exposure, highlights, shadows, and blacks. I may have been able to take it further, but didn't want to overdo, and besides, this was just an example, rather than trying to enhance a keeper. The effect is rather subtle in this example. [ATTACH=full]381092[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 792803, member: 50197"] I'm with TwistedThrottle on composition. I would like to see it with the birds moved more to the right, assuming you have some wiggle room in the original image. And addressing Nikonpup's suggestion, I've successfully, I believe, managed to brighten the eyes on birds using a radial gradient mask in Lightroom. You can center it up and bring it down to just the eye and then bring up the exposure, or perhaps adjust the shadows to bring a bit of sparkle to the eye. Here's a quick before and after on a rejected image. [ATTACH type="full"]381093._xfImport[/ATTACH] I actually played around with exposure, highlights, shadows, and blacks. I may have been able to take it further, but didn't want to overdo, and besides, this was just an example, rather than trying to enhance a keeper. The effect is rather subtle in this example. [ATTACH type="full"]381092._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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