Palm Cockatoo Looking at You
This interesting Palm Cockatoo‘s image was taken at the St. Augustine Zoological Farm in Florida. (The difference between the Cockatoo and the Cockatiel is linked here.) In Lightroom, used the Background: Soften preset from Mark Dumbleton really nice set called MD Presets – Lightroom Tools V1.3 on the background. Downloaded (check out his Full Photo Edit Using My Free Lightroom Presets YouTube Video for link) them recently and I really like them. Then just followed a few of Matt Kloskowski’s instructions from his YouTube The Photoshop Technique You Didn’t Know Your Wanted. Enjoyed putting a texture behind this bird – used Soulful Sea Breeze from Jai Johnson (cannot find on her site) set to Linear blend mode. One little trick I have found useful is if there are just a few smallish areas that need to be sharpened or softened, just use the Sharpen Tool (and if it turns the area to an ugly color, set the layer to Luminosity blend mode to remove the color) and the Blur Tool – just adjust the Strength. Lots of fun!…..Digital Lady Syd
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