Final touch to photos

Hi, how do we get the final glossy touch to photos. If you click the following

link you will see that the image is cropped but glossy and fine. How do we do

it. Is it a photoshop setting.

http://www.photo.net/photo/4081444

Regards

Sal

It's hard to understand what exactly you mean by glossy.

 

The sharpness is a result of a unsharp-mask filter. It will make your pictures look more...hmmm...sharp! Less blurred.

 

The reflective appearence of the bird's beak is a result of the light and the surface of the subject. You can make this more obvious by increasing contrast.

 

Anyway, can you be more specific about what you mean?

 

Cheers.

Well,<br><br>If I want my photos to be glossy, I add a surfectant to the water, squeegee

them face down on the foil of my drying press and dry them.<br> Don't know the Photoshop

actions for that, though ;-)<br><br>

Cheers, Christoph

Actually in my monitor, I can actually see the background is sort of "blocky" and not smooth, especially around underneath the eagle's neck. I'm not sure what you mean by glossy, but that picture is far from glossy.

 

If you mean how to get sharpness like that, easy, just get a 200mm f/2 VR. :)

I know what your talking about. Most photos that have a very polished look to them have been achieved with levels, curves, and saturation in Photoshop.

Sal, Brian and Marcio have touched on what I believe you're talking about.

 

Part of what you're seeing in the image you posted is from backlighting. The highlighting, glow, and contrasted feathers start with good lighting and good exposure.

 

From there, the photographer almost certainly did some "fiddling" with the levels, curves, and saturation; she may also have applied masks to parts of the photo to selectively enhance the shadowed face of the eagle. The newer versions of PhotoShop have a Shadow/Highlight tool which makes some of these adjustments easier.