Tyler Tucker Toth (pronounced: toh.th) posing in the Outer Banks, North Carolina.
PostProcessing:
-RSP Raw capture
-Tedious Sky selection for Gradient Layer
-Layer for eyes, USM
-Selective color layer
-Image USM
-Chose not to crop
-Added Vignetting
-Added Border to match eye color
-Resize
-Contrast Mask
-Burned the corners (lower left and lower right)
-Save for web
I like the whispy grass on the left and right sides of the image...although I know some will say I should have cloned them out.
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It seems to me there is too much criticism of this photo- "analysis paralysis" if you will. bottom line - it's a gorgeous photo of an incredible breed.
Nice capture. Sharp and clean. The black point seems to be a bit too bright in this image probably due to the effect you were going for but I would try and strike a better balance with that. Also, to improve the clean aspect even more I would clone out those 3 stray grass blades near the top on both sides.
Looks like this image needed a lot of work to recover details in the shadows.
You lost contrast and saturation in the process.
I'm not a fan of the central composition either.
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