PHOTO CLINIC
Now try this...
How Stephen can improve
his bird portrait in ElementsCrop in
In Elements, I’ve used the Crop tool to
crop the image at the same 3x2 (or
6x4) ratio of the original shot to lose
the sharper foliage in the bottom-left
corner. Using the rule of thirds grid I’ve
placed the woodpecker on the right third
line for a balanced composition.Brighten the image
A Brightness/Contrast adjustment
layer offers a quick and simple way to
fix under-exposed images. Here I’ve
set Brightness to 70, which has lifted
the image while retaining the detail
in the lighter feathers on the
woodpecker’s chest, and I’ve also
boosted the Contrast to 25.Tweak the colours
Next I’ve added a Hue/Saturation
adjustment layer, and set Saturation to
+15 to boost the overall colours. I then
selected Greens from the menu and set
Saturation to +12 to lift the foliage, and
selected Reds and set Saturation to -8
to tone down the bird’s feathers.STEP BY STEP
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The shot is
under-exposed
by about a stop, but
this is easily fixed
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