Master of His Domain

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I'm wondering if there is much need to try and further sharpen the image and if any tweaks to the color balance would be recommended?



Personally, I'm happy with things as they are. The eye, beak, and feet pop-out just right to me with the unsharp mask, and I think the feathers are sufficiently soft enough to not distract from the overall feel of the picture. I'm leery of trying to sharpen things much more. I like the warmth of the picture, too, but wonder if others may think it's a little much.

Converting the original image to black-and-white seems to work well (with level adjustments and a slightly more squarish crop, although I think the sharpening went a bit overboard).

Shot in a continuous shooting mode from a tripod June 16, 2011. The picture was recorded in JPEG format. Post-production was limited to an 8x10 ratio crop and some low-resolution unsharp masking with Paint Shop Pro X12.

Camera: Fuji FinePix S9100

EXIF:

- Exposure Mode: Auto
- Contrast/Saturation/Sharpness: Normal
- Exposure Time: 1/70 sec
- Lens Aperture: F/4.4
- ISO: 80
- White Balance: Auto

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I decided to play around with reducing the hue and saturation values a bit, and came out with a more 'natural' looking tone.



I could play with this stuff for hours...!!