Quick lion pic and some advice please!

[lors2003]

I took this pic using an old 35mm camera - didn't quite manage to focus out the fencing *** - can anyone tell me how to improve this or even how to remove the background without loosing all the detail around the mane?

Thanks

http://www.thephotographyforums.com/albums/album41/Lion1_copy.jpg

[CT]

THat's a damned good pic Lors but you'd lost his eyes!

http://www.tomkinson.org/albums/Ced-Jan/Lion1_copy.jpg

All the detail was there it just needed bringing up. All I did was drew a mask around each eye, raised the gamma level, sharpened, and added a subtle catchlight to the eyes with a dab of white paint. Then a dab with the soften brush to soften the catchlights.

Losing that background without losing the detail in the mane is painstaking slow work. I wouldn't worry about it, it's sufficiently out of focus to have been taken anywhere. :wink: I'm not trying to put you off - that job would be a serious challenge for anyone. Something to tackle a little later on though.

He's perhaps a bit too red do you think? - but I'll leave you to decide according to your own taste.

[matty]

yer i agree with CT, its a good shot and the background isnt distracting at all, well done and certainly keep at it!