Before & After: Reddish Egret

1/800 | f/6.3 | ISO 320 | 700 mm

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

• In Camera Raw (Lightroom): Increased the blacks slider
• In photoshop, added canvas to the right and filled it in with content aware. The wing tip was just a bit too close to the right side of the frame
• Used the dodge tool to brighten the eye a bit
• Cropped and resized for web (1200 px tall, 72 dpi)
• Sharpened for web

That's it!