Advice or any idea please?

**skappy** · #1 07-12-2012, 01:17 PM

Hi I took this picture of a lynx in a park but the lynx was in the dark on a tree 20 meters from me and the grill was in the sun so even with max aperture and 300 zoom I couldnt gert rid of the grill
I tried to fix it in psd by duplicating the bg erasing the fence on the top layer and playing with the adjustments on the bottom layer
I got the result below I wanna know if there is a better way to do that aor a plugin in order to get a better result I still can tweek a little more but i guess there is a better way

Thanks
Robert

**birdhs** · #2 07-13-2012, 07:11 PM

Just so you don't feel ignored: I like the concept of the shot, what you already did may work if you consider doing a close crop, perhaps creating a square format with a mid green olive frame/mat around it. That would eliminate the offensive bar on the left, and i suspect the light fog may then appear 'natural'.

next time you could bring a tall stepladder? stilts? trampoline?

Attractive animal. I can understand why you wanted to capture it on film.

Greg

**vmrs** · #3 07-13-2012, 08:40 PM

I would crop it as well, then sharpen it a bit.
Beautiful animal, and I love the pose you captured.

Rich · #4 07-14-2012, 10:18 AM

Good shot and it was nice of him/her to pose for you and give a little head tilt. Good advice from Greg.

When I take these kind of shots I put my lens right on the fence, if possible, and shoot through an open spot. That takes care of any blur.

I think you have done all that is possible to save it. Nice Photoshop work!

**skappy** · #5 07-14-2012, 10:25 AM

Thanks Greg and Virginia yep for sure I ll crop it and adjust a little more I posted that way to show the problem that form on the left is a birch tree in the wood their place is large there is a wood in the middle so sometime you cant see them the female was hidding with the kittens the place for the white tigers is 70000 square meters this place is a preservation center for endangered spieces

Robert

**skappy** · #6 07-14-2012, 12:56 PM

Thanks Rich I know what you mean but for security and animal stress it is not possible to get closer to the fence
anyway here is the I think final touch up and crop
Robert

Rich · #7 07-14-2012, 01:15 PM

Yes, that is the usual case. Darn good final from what you started with!

**birdhs** · #8 07-14-2012, 10:54 PM

AHHHHH! Now that is such a great shot, beautiful animal, thanks for sharing this with us.

greg

**skappy** · #9 07-15-2012, 01:48 AM

Thanks again Rich and Greg the conditions were bad for the photo the only help was the cat posing
Robert

**birdhs** · #10 07-15-2012, 02:14 PM

and as any of us who have ever dealt with cats of ANY type, we do know the girls LOOOOOVe to pose.

**Elainepsq** · #11 07-16-2012, 01:21 PM

The crop really helped. Great job with a difficult situation.

**vmrs** · #12 07-16-2012, 05:06 PM

That looks lovely! Boy you did a good job on that!

**Luv2shoot** · #13 07-19-2012, 09:45 AM

Excellent use of PS.
A finished product worthy of an award.

wthurman · #14 07-19-2012, 10:03 AM

The final version is quite nice. I wasn't sure it could be salvaged (I could learn more about Photoshop!) but you came away with a keeper. Now I know who to ask when I have a PS problem!

**skappy** · #15 07-20-2012, 01:29 AM

Thanks a lot Elaine, Virginia, Luv2shoot and Wthurman
Robert

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