This is Nikki, a puppy we fostered this yaear for SICSA.org and one of the her adoption pictures I took. Last year we fostered seven litters of puppies for a total of 29 puppies.
I don't expect this image to place very high, as it is more of a stock photo instead of the now popular artsy photo. But I love the 'tude shown in this image.
Converted from Raw and processed with PSP X4
- Crop
- Fill light (+61) and Clarify (+58)
- Mask for table
- Curve layer to darken table
- Blur and Scratch removal on table (wrinkles)
- Mask for background
- Curve layer to darken background
- Blur background
- Curve layer added before both masks to process just Nikki
- Flatten all layers
- Resize
- Sharpen using Unsharp Mask (radius 0.75 - strength 100)
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so nice of the dog to stay while you took the shot
very nice portrait
seems the exposure was pulled a bit, or the shadows, and that created a bit of a halo on the background, around the tail, right ear and between the leg ...
A fantastic portrait of a lovely dog. But I think your processing is no good. Apparently you've made a selection and you can still see that especially at the tail and his right leg. Also some dust spots to the right you should have gotten rid of.
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