Created a duplicate layer and created a Smart Object where the Liquify Filter was used to slightly slim the man down. Brought the image into Photoshop and ran Topaz (see sidebar for website link) Detail 3 to slightly sharpen the overall image using my Little Med Large Detail preset – ( Set to Overall, Medium Details 0.38, Large Details 0.16, and Tone Contrast 0.30). It was a beautiful day to see the birds in their natural habitats and this guy had this huge lens – he was actually shooting to an equivalent of 1400 mm! Totally amazing! This image used 2 Lil’ Owls Studio’s (see sidebar for website link) Matte Glam 17 preset in Lightroom along with a Gradient Filter to increase the blue color slightly in the upper water. This man is taking photos at the Ritch Grissom Viera Wetlands which is in Brevard County, Florida. Hope you enjoyed my little bird painting….Digital Lady Syd The last step was to add Nik Viveza 2 to really drill in on the birds face and head feathers. Back in Photoshop that was set to 39% layer opacity. Created a stamped layer (CTLR+ALT+SHIFT+E) on top and added the Topaz Lens Effects’ Toy Camera filter set to Awesomeness I preset with changes.
Then duplicated the original texture twice and set on top – set one to Color Burn at 46% layer opacity and the other to Soft Light at 32%. Used two different Exposure Adjustment Layers, one for the eye and one for the beak to bring out some sharpness. After that just painted the bird on several different layers using the Mixer Brush. Then the ReMask layer was moved into the texture to place it where I wanted him to be. In his document Topaz (see website link in sidebar) Clarity, Detail, and ReMask were used to adjust the bird itself. He just sort of match this Corel Painter texture I had made, so there he is. Augustine Alligator Farm and is one of the regular exhibits so he can be seen anytime. They are so much fun to do! This is a West African Crowned Crane taken a while ago at the St. Just enjoying painting another beautiful bird. Last step was to add the text – used the Streetlight script font. Went to the HSL sliders and adjusted mainly the orange and yellow colors in all the sections to get the tiger color and background just right. Created a composite layer on top (CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+E), made it a Smart Object (right click on menu and select), and opened the Camera Raw Filter. A left side yellow-orange light leak was added to the image to lighten it up a little. A Red Luminosity Curve was used to add a little more contrast. Topaz Detail was used to sharpen the face. A Color Look Up Table set to the TealOrangePlusContrast preset and the opacity to 29%. Then just a Curves Adjustment Layer for color adjustment and then a Levels Adjustment Layer for contrast correction for a bit of a vintage matte feel. For me to get it to work well a very small size of 0.03 was used and by dragging the brush first over the color that you want added in, it tends to fill in with that color. They have just recently added it into the program. I just love to photograph the big cats – they are so interesting and beautiful! This tiger image had fencing all over it and the Healing Brush in Topaz Studio (see sidebar for website link) actually took almost all of it out of the image – I was totally surprised. Who knew all these filters would be needed to get this magical effect?……Digital Lady Syd Nik Viveza 2 was used to even out all the coloring and adjust the focal point. Another stamped layer was created and Luminar’s (see sidebar for website link) Image Radiance (this creates a really nice effect) and Cross Processing using the Auckland preset at Amount of 20 finally gave me the result I liked when set to 53% opacity. On a stamped layer Topaz ReStyle”s Polo Blue and Pink Lace preset was applied at 62% opacity using the Color blend mode. Some lighten and darken Curves Adjustment Layers were used to add some contrast.
And a little bit of Topaz Detail was used to really sharpen up the moss effect. Topaz (see sidebar for website link) Studio’s AI Clear was applied and this time the Exposure was set up to 0.53 and Clarity to 0.36 to lighten up the whole image. This image took a lot of post processing. Since the trees do not have their leaves yet, the Moss is just hanging off the bare branches and with the sun was just rising, it gave a sort of magical feel. This Spanish Moss image was photographed at Ravine Gardens in Palatka, Florida.
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