About the Image(s)

We got to the Tampa Zoo to see the orangutans a few times a year. They are amazing animals - who see cameras and turn their backs to us (too often). I always feel lucky when I get an image of one of them looking in my direction. I edited this Lightroom using Lens correction, DeNoise, then cropped. Masks (brushes and gradients) for lightening eye, darkening color of fur, darkening the lips and nose more, darkening the face in some areas and lightening it in others, the used sliders for increasing texture, clarity and dehazing slightly, and finally sharpened the image and added a vignette. I'm using it in a Portraits, Not Human competition category this month.