So I was doing some re-sorting and editing some old photos today, and found myself working on some Barred Owl shots from a couple of years ago. Usually I try to keep my editing to a minimum - I'd really rather nail the shot in-camera than spend hours at the computer - but things don't always go as planned, and I found myself performing an unusually large number of adjustments to these photos.
Although I'm not terribly fond of Photoshopping, I often like to open the original and edited photos side-by-side and see the difference a bit of touching up can make. I am by no means a Photoshop expert, but I thought it might be fun to post some comparisons just for interest's sake. So here they are!
The following three shots are of Barred Owls (Strix varia) at Presqu'ile Provincial Park in 2009. Originals on the left, edits on the right.
The main correction applied to these photos is the digital removal of a colour cast. A colour cast is sort of what it sounds like - a wash of incorrect colour, which may be caused by odd lighting conditions or incorrect camera settings (or filters, I suppose, if the photographer was seeking such an effect). In this case it was a slip-up in the white-balance setting, which left all the photos with a blue-green hue. Many post-processing programs can correct this by having the user re-define white (or black) and calibrating the image from there. After that it's just a bit of brightening, contrast and saturation adjustment, sharpening and cropping as desired. Quick and dirty!
:)
Kyle
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