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    Went to a favorite local river Saturday that had partially frozen the night before and I was lucky to have American Wigeons arrive. C&C welcome.

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    I like the male bird with it's nice walking pose ,think if it was mine I would try cropping the female out and just keep the male, just my take and of course I could be very wrong.

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    I like the inclusion of the hen and I like the image design for the pair. I wish that the male were not angled slightly away from us. Is the water shallow or were they on ice?

    I like the shaking after bath. The big problem here is the YELLOW color cast. Go to Hue/Saturation, select the YELLOW channel, and start decreasing the Saturation until the cast is gone. That is just one of the many ways to eliminate a color cast. I cover many of them in Digital Basics. Digital Basics is an instructional PDF that is sent via e-mail. It includes my complete digital workflow, dozens of great Photoshop tips, the use of Contrast Masks, several different ways of expanding canvas, color balancing tips, all of my time-saving Keyboard Shortcuts, Quick Masking, Layer Masking, and NIK Color Efex Pro basics, my killer image clean-up techniques, Digital Eye Doctor, and lots more.
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    It was quite an overcast day. I might have been a bit heavy giving it some warmth. I do see the yellow cast and removed it. Thank you Arthur and thanks for the links.

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    They were on ice Arthur. Edge of ice is just to the right of the hen.

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    Thanks for your comments Keith.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Geoffrey Montagu View Post
    It was quite an overcast day. I might have been a bit heavy giving it some warmth. I do see the yellow cast and removed it. Thank you Arthur and thanks for the links.

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    Hi Geoffrey,

    You are welcome times 2. Better, but the flanks of the hen are still to YELLOW. For the repost I reduced the YELLOW SAT 15 points for the whole image on a Layer and then painted the reduced SAT back in on the hen's flanks with a Hide All Mask. l
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    Simple adjustments go a long way. Thanks again Arthur for seeing this and showing the results. Always appreciated.



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