| Subject | What? | The Postman, Heliconius melpomene, Heliconidae, Suriname |
| Where? | The Stratford Butterfly Farm (Stratford Upon Avon, UK). 16th December 2001. | |
| Original | Material | 35mm slide |
| Pre-web | Format | Photoshop (PSD) file, Adobe RGB (1998), 24 bit colour |
| Size | 3556 by 2693 pixels, 28 megabyte file |
This mainly needed flipping horizontally to fit the gallery design, then "cropping", "levels" and "curves" to to improve the tonal range, and "colour balance" and "hue and saturation" to improve the colour balance. The antenae were emphasised after selection with "colour range", using "brightness / contrast". Then the web version was sharpened using "unsharp mask". The parameters were: amount: 300%; radius: 0.4 for the 700-pixel version, 0.3 for the 500-pixel version; threshold 5.
Image size - crop, image & canvas size. Flip horizontally.
Image adjustment - levels, curves, variations, colour balance, hue/saturation, clone tool.
Image adjustment using adjustment layers.
For the web version only - "unsharp mask" managed in layers created for the purpose.
Presentation features - automate - fit image, save as JPEG.
Layers (except adjustment layers, and unsharp mask layers for the web version). Filters (except "unsharp mask"). Over 90% of the tools.
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