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    Another image from my visit to South Texas a few weeks ago, this is another species first for me. Pose is not ideal but I liked the look back over his shoulder.

    Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 500mm f4L IS II, Canon EF-2X III TC
    ISO 1600, 1000mm, f8
    Cropped out about 40%, PP in LR5, PS CC, slight lightening of eye, selective Nik Color Efex Detail Extractor

    All comments appreciated.

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    You have a little stunner here with an awesome pose and BG. Your reds are looking a tad hot first to my eyes, and then on my histogram when I took the image in. Here is a link which I feel could be helpful: http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...read.php/29869
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marina Scarr View Post
    You have a little stunner here with an awesome pose and BG. Your reds are looking a tad hot first to my eyes, and then on my histogram when I took the image in. Here is a link which I feel could be helpful: http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...read.php/29869
    Marina,

    Many thanks for the kind comments and assistance. The link to that 'red thread' is very helpful and is something I have not tried before, I will take the lesson and apply it. Thanks again for sharing it, it is great to get help and keep learning!

    Barry

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    Hi Barry, the pose looks fine to me, and love the raised crest. Good point from Marina regarding the reds.

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    Not sure what you don;t like about that pose! You've got a great view of the back with a nice head angle. I'd take it!

    I agree with Marina's comments, and I'll be taking a look at that thread as well. Nice to learn from people here on BPN< heh?

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    Stuart and Miguel, thank you as well. Actually I do like the pose a lot, but I recognize he is oriented away from me and wasn't sure others would like it. A number of other shots definitely are lacking in the pose department when he wasn't looking back.

    I have attempted to apply the education and desaturated the reds a bit. First lesson for me: in PS CC, a little reduction goes a long way on the Saturation slider. This repost is with -5 on the Saturation slider on the red channel. Much more really washed the reds out.

    Again, any and all comments are very much appreciated.

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    Great shot of a gorgeous bird!

    Canons seem have issues with reds / yellows, at least in ACR/Lightroom. The red thread cited above has some very good information but it's a bit dated, The best approach these days is to first go to the Camera Calibration tab and change the Adobe Standard default to one that will bring more detail into the reds (check through them and see which is best -- some will be worse). Then back in the Basic tab, try increasing saturation a little -- go to the HSL tab if you just want to isolate the reds. But don't go so far as to loose detail.

    Then in PS make a Selective Color adjustment layer and increase the Cyans (counter-intuitive), then you can up Magenta and Yellow a little. That will bring back some real punch to the subdued reds and will allow you to keep more detail than you have in the OP above.

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