King's portret

Lucian:

Great color and sharpness. Please tell us more on how you captured this shot, camera, lens etc. Tom

The eyes are not observable in the original. The detail is there if you brighten the image, copy the eyes and paste them back into the original and smooth the edges with the eraser tool at about 50%. Even with this, King's right eye was still dark. I copied the new left eye, and pasted, then transformed and reversed the eye to fit and match. It may not suite the purist, but I like eyes in my portraits.

Thank you for your comments.

@Lamar McInnis, Sr., I agree the eyes are too dark, but if I light them up it doese not look natural. The eyes are in the shadow and living them there it makes this guy look stronger.

@Tom Wiggins, I've shoot this picture at Budapest zoo, with Nikon D80, 70-300 VR lens.