About the Image(s)

Brevard County, Florida, is home to the Kennedy Space Center. While visiting the area several years ago I stopped by a small zoo not too far from the cape and came across what I think is a king vulture. I liked the colorful (if not all that cute) face and noted that it was displayed against a dark background. This turned out to be a bit of a challenge balancing out the light with the dark areas. The most activity in Camera Raw centered around balancing out the various light and shadow controls as well as the brightness and darkness sliders. After arranging the contrast and clarity I opened up into On1 FX to gain some sharpness. Taken with my Nikon D500 with 70 to 300 mm lens, hand held.