Eurasian Eagle Owl

[JackBarley]

Taken at Liberty's.

 

[Kodiak Qc]

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Well captured…
may I suggest this rendition?

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[JackBarley]

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Well captured…
may I suggest this rendition?

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Did you use an adjustment brush to darken the background?

 

[Kodiak Qc]

Did you use an adjustment brush to darken the background?

I did not touch the BG!

I created a first layer, masked the owl, and performed some tweaks.
I created a second layer, copied the first mask, inverted it and then
tweaked the BG from that layer.