I know pet photos normally don't do well at DPC, but Nala looks so happy in this photo, it's hard to not enter it. We were playing frisbee, and in this photo, she is waiting for me to toss it. It's hard to capture the amount of excitement she has, but this photo comes close.
Post Processing (Aperture):
* Increase exposure
* Increase recovery
* Increase black point
* Increase brightness
* Increase contrast
* Increase definition
* Increase saturation/vibrancy
* Increase highlights and shadows
* Levels
* Increase orange saturation and luminance
* Dodge and sharpen the eyes
* Clone/Repair some of the background to take out distracting lawn clippings
* Vignette
* Sharpen Edges
* Export to 800px
* Unsharp Mask (Pixelmator)
* Export for Web (Pixelmator)
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