help: Wood duck Mama and babies

[ginger_55]

Do I want to remove the grainy look? If so, how would you suggest do it? What about the algae color? suggestions?

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/22022385-L.jpg

I made it sepia, the grain was more pronounced:

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/22022386-L.jpg

[Steve Cavigliano]

Ginger,

I don't see any grain. I see lots of stuff in the water. It looks cool to me :clap
It really adds interest to the shot, IMO. So instead of trying to get rid of it, maybe you should try to accentuate it :D

Here's your pic
http://www.pbase.com/image/43356733.jpg
Same pic with some tweaking - moved the black point up and tweaked the highs and midtones in Curves, the upper bright area I selected with Color Range and took down the brightness using levels and added a small touch of USM.

http://www.pbase.com/image/43356858.jpg

I'm sure someone with better post processing skills/knowledge could do alot more with your pic. But, I tried :D


Steve