Before & After: Eastern Kingbird

1/320 | f/10 | ISO 1000 | 1000 mm

Read on to see the before and the processing to get to the after ...

• In Camera Raw (Lightroom): Used the blacks slider to make the shadows a little darker.
• In Photoshop I used the patch tool to removed the twig on the right side of the image.
• I used the dodge tool to enhance the catchlight in the eye.
• Cropped to taste and resized for web (1200 px tall, 72 dpi)
• Sharpened for web

That's it!