Three More From Kenya

[baturn]

1. 2. 3.

 

[Braineack]

Would snuggle with

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[baturn]

All the cats we saw looked like you could just step out of the car and pet them. But I didn't give it a try.

 

[baturn]

Good? Bad? Indifferent?

 

[TreeofLifeStairs]

I think they're pretty amazing.

 

[falcontertomt]

They are all really great photos.

 

[Parker219]

I'd say they are an 8 out of 10 now, but you can make them a 9 out of 10 in post processing. What do you think?

Original -
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Edit-
69278d1395618594-three-more-kenya-dsc_6953-1024x819-222222 by linktheworld219, on Flickr

 

[baturn]

Parker - Wow! What did you do?
Thanks all, for your comments.

 

[Parker219]

^ I just took the photo in to photoshop and selected just the cheetah, then adjusted the contrast, clarity, vibrance, and saturation slightly.

 

[baturn]

Thanks. I had already done a lot of adjusting in LR and was kind of afraid to take it any further.

 

[sm4him]

Thanks. I had already done a lot of adjusting in LR and was kind of afraid to take it any further.

I have extremely poor vision, plus more "floaters" than my eye doctor has ever seen in one patient. Because of that, I had great trouble when I first started doing post-processing (well actually, I had great trouble just figuring out how to even TELL when I was getting in-focus shots, but that's a whole different issue!). What I discovered, by trial and error, and the helpful suggestions of a couple of folks here, was that my best bet is to process the picture exactly the way I think it looks best, than do about 5-10% more than that of whatever processing I did, but especially exposure and contrast.
That guideline certainly wouldn't be helpful to some, and probably quite harmful to a few who already tend to go too heavy with processing. But for me, it worked quite well and it's still pretty much how I process things. The few times I've stuck with the way I saw it initially, when I've had prints made, I hated them because THEN I could see that they were too dark or didn't have enough contrast.

Oh, and for the record: Love that third shot!

 

[Rick58]

Love that lion shot. It's a shame for that one twig just beside his eye. Why didn't you just reach over there and move it to the side. Maybe fix his hair a little while you're there

 

[BillM]

Beautiful shots.


I took a shot at pp for #3 just because it is such a nice shot.




After...........................................Before

 

[John_Olexa]

Love all 3!!! Great work Brian!

 

[baturn]

Thank you all! I really need to learn some photoshop skills, but I learn better from being taught ( read , led by the hand ) than by self study. As I get older I get lazier. I will work on it.