My name is Nhut, I'm sure not too many people hereknow how to correctly pronounce it and no it's not "nut"[], so just call me Nate.


Here is what I did to theOsprey Imagebefore posting,
  1. Crop - 3888x2592 to 3347x2281
  2. Increase Exposure to +.50 in DPP (to brighten up the shadow, and eye)
  3. AWB to Cloudy (It was a cloudy day)
  4. Standard Picture Style to Potrait (this also brigthens up the shadows and the eye a bit)
  5. Highlight from 0 to -4 (I did this because I want to bring back some of the details on the osprey forheadthat were lost when I increased the exposure +.5 in step 2)
  6. Convert to JPEG and open in Photoshop CS2
  7. I use the Magic Wand to select the yellow part of the eye and increase the Brightness to 30, Contrast to 15, and Saturation to 15 (If you selectively choose any area in the image it's best that you do it before resizing because the image is larger and you can do so with more accuracy.)
  8. If I post at T.D.P. I resize to 750x500, on Photo.net it's 1200x800
  9. Increase Brightness to 20 and Contrast to 10 to the entire picture.
  10. Sharpening using Unsharp Mask function.



For 750x500 I use Amount 100%, Radius 0.2 pixels, I apply sharpening 4 times
For 1200x800 I also use Amount 100%, Radius 0.2 pixels, I apply sharpening 6 times
11. For Photo.net I also add the border
12. Save and post on web

I'm not a Photoshop Guru, I learn as I go and I learn by reading, viewing, asking questions in forums and trail/error.Each image has different work done to it, I don't have a set editingprocedure. I adjust/enhance to my taste and correct when someone comments.My #1 priority is to get it right the first time and use editing softwares to enhance the image.

Youprobably noticedthat I mentioned about the eye a lot. It is very important to get the eyein focus, brightand visible.If the image is missing the eye, something else has to be significant to take over for the missing eye.


I hope this answers some of your questions, and again I really appreciate your interest in my photography.

If you have time check out http://www.birdsasart.com/, lots of resources especially the bulletin archive.

Take care and God Bless

Nhut (Nate)