I appreciate your point about it being sunset but I would be tempted to remove the cast, the colours can be made a lot cleaner, but you may prefer as presented. Colour aside a very pleasing image I like the setting.
Very nice pose from the Spoonie, you get a good clear look at him in a natural habitat. I really like shots where some environment is included.
I too would do something about the yellow cast. I agree with the late afternoon warmth, but for me, the yellow in the BG are too overpowering. Maybe try something like masking off the bird, then reducing the saturation in the yellows, either trying the Hue/Saturation layer or maybe the selective colouring option. That should let you keep the warmth in the bird but take the emphasis off the BG.
I can see the guys' point, but I can live with the colours as is. Adding about 15 points of cyans to the yellow channel in "Selective Color" may give you a positive result. Gorgeous image overall, that could be strengthened by filling in the bit of blue peeking in at extreme upper left corner IMO.
Wonderful shot of a gorgeous bird. The light and colour work for me - but I do like the colours at that time of day. Clarity is great and tones well handled. Composition works too although I'd have been tempted to take a shot with the bird a touch further to the right in the frame but that's a minor point. Thanks for sharing.
I am fine with the color but would have loved to have seen the bird back more in the frame, to our left.
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Nice image of these fantastic birds in its natural habitat. I agree with Artie re placement of the bird. I also agree about removing the cast. It is always a struggle as to what to do with all of the warm colors that the sensors capture in this kind of light. To my eye you almost always need to reduce the yellows and/or reds when photographing in this light. It is odd that you dream of this light to shoot in but then have to tone it down a bit in post. I think reality is that the sensors capture too much of the warm light in this light and it is not an accurate representation. I did the following
1- In hue/saturation I lowered the yellows to -15
2- I increased the brightness +3, Increased the contrast +7
3- Did a shadow and highlight adjustment (many areas on the bird were too hot on my screen)
4- Took a tiny bit of canvas off of the left had side
5- Cloned out the bit on the top left and a bit of the darker area just left of the bird
Nice work well done. But there is no substitute for putting the bird well back in the frame while you are in the field. And as here, there are often multiple benefits for doing it right by moving the AF point :) In other words, I would have liked the bird further left in the frame.
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