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    Default Siskin (Carduelis spinus)

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    Taken from my garden hide (baited)
    Canon 5D IV Canon 500mm f4L IS II
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    I would like your opinion first, then I will spill the beans!

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    Well captured Jon...Not very common up here. lovely pose, and detail on the bird...a slightly better HA would work better I reckon. I reduced the greens a little WDYT. did you join up the perch under the left foot of the bird....

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    Intriguing... Sharp where it needs to be and a lovely visitor you have there. Like the composition and the perch. Wish for better HA and more DOF (I like the perch lichens?). TFS

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    Kinda looks like the goldfinch over here. The perch is neat. Wish the bird had less of a head turn. Great background.

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    The bird looks fine to me, nice BG, nice perch but maybe too much foliage for me...
    The bird is the last thing I look at..
    Dan Kearl

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    Hi Jon, I prefer the OP but perhaps a slight boost in the Tonal Curve in the HL's. Not a lover of the flower and leaves creeping in top LHC.

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    Thanks for the comments everyone. Will yes I prefer the paler greens, I did toy with the idea, wish I had done it. Not sure what I could have done to make a visible difference to the highlights Steve?
    I have attached the full frame, I removed a leaf and I reduced (free transform) the size of the flower and twig on the LHS, also blurred a little to make it less of a feature.
    The perch is a snip off an apple tree growing wild near the beach where I live.
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    Not sure what I could have done to make a visible difference to the highlights Steve?
    You could use your TK, but why I like LR is that having saved back from PS I can still make some refinements within LR prior to export, Save for Web and I do like the Tonal Curve at times. However, when processing the file I may found that all the required work was done with Curves, Blends and some simple Colour management?

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    Very nice image, I agree with the above comments tho, not a fan of the top corner flowers and do wish for a slightly better HA.

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