I recently went to Les Giants de Ciel in Chauvigny, France. It was by far the best ever 'falconry' display I've ever seen with a fantastic variety of birds amidst a spectacular setting.
As is often the case, there were several birds dotted around the grounds and you could wander around and see the birds up close. I was really pleased with a picture of an eagle owl, until on closer inspection I could see myself reflected in its eye.
I tried cloning out the reflection of me using Photoshop and whilst it worked to a degree, there was still a lot of clutter in the background, detracting from the picture. I found the best solution was to burn the pupil area. This darkens the pupil, obscuring the unwanted detail, but doesn't make it an unnatural pure black.You can do this in a non-destructive manner:
- Create a blank layer on top of your main picture
- Set the layer to be "color burn"
- Set your colour to be black
- Choose a brush with a low opacity to gradually paint over the pupil to achieve the desired effect
Make sure you keep the catch-light.
My burn layer looks like this:
Now, if you want to tidy up your burning, you can reduce the impact by changing the layer opacity, or refine it using the eraser or select a white brush to vary the effect.
The final result (which I think works really well, but I am biased!):
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