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Charcoal Owl (captive)


Posted by Ed Cordes on Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:04 pm

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A few weeks ago I made an image of a captive owl at a local nature center.  The owl was in a rehab cage due to some type of injury. The image was shot between narrow bars and through a dense screen, so the contrast was near zero and the color was really distorted.  I decided to keep the image and see what I could do in Photoshop to get a useful picture.  Here are the results.  I converted to B&W, used Silver Efex Pro, adjusted the contrast and used a detail enhancer in Color Efex pro, among other things I can’t remember.  Thanks for looking.
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by Cynthia Crawford on Thu Oct 27, 2016 5:41 am
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Great conversion, Ed- really looks like a charcoal sketch- the soft texture suits the owl perfectly. Nicely framed to keep interest on the eyes. Hope the owl gets better too!
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by Ron Day on Mon Oct 31, 2016 9:59 pm
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Very nice owl, Ed. Reminds me of Halloween!
 

by andre paul on Sat Nov 19, 2016 2:28 pm
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nice effect!
the grainy appearence is working good here!
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