Just Saying Hello

This beautiful Sumatran Tiger was enjoying his afternoon in the shade and greeting everyone who came by at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC. He was so much fun to photograph – a real photo cat! In Lightroom used Serge Ramelli’s Animal Safari Vignette Cold Strong preset as a starting point and did a lot of sharpening in his face with an Adjustment Brush. Used Photoshop’s Blur Gallery Tilt-Shift twice at diagonals to each other and Blur 15 to soften the background naturally. On a New Layer the Spot Healing Brush was used to remove extraneous grass and a Color Lookup Adjustment Layer set to the Edgy Amber preset at 23% opacity was applied. An Exposure Adjustment Layer was used on the eyes and a Curves Adjustment Layer was used to add contrast. No other changes were done. He had such a wonderful natural color!…..Digital Lady Syd