Originally Posted by
Randy Stout
Ann:
Interesting capture, but the whites are too dull for me.
In the repost, ran a screen blend mode at 85%, then toned down the bill and neck reflection to reduce its tendency to pull the eye out of the frame. That ended up quite close to your post.
I liked that not only are the whites a bit brighter, but the water drops in front of the bird pop out as well.
I left a few small green areas in the Bg, adds a bit more depth to the image. They show up fairly distinctly on my NEC monitor, but not as well on the MacBook Pro, so it is def. monitor dependent.
Rotated 2 degrees clockwise.
This one could be tweaked in many different ways, but has lots of potential.
Cheers
Randy