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    A brief return for my last for 2020.
    A young Laughing Kookaburra a few weeks out of the nest and still relying on the parents for food.
    It is sitting alert and bright-eyed in anticipation of more.
    About an hour before I took this shot it was fed a 50cm snake but that didn't stop it begging for more.

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    Near full frame from vertical shot. Single focal point on the eye.
    Not much processing in PS2021 and slight sharpen in Topaz Sharpen AI

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    Hi Colin, a lovely pose and good HA, and I like the clean eye. The two tone BG looks good too. Did you not manage to capture the feeding behaviour with the snake. I haven't checked, but there seems to be a magenta cast on the whites.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stu Bowie View Post
    Hi Colin, a lovely pose and good HA, and I like the clean eye. The two tone BG looks good too. Did you not manage to capture the feeding behaviour with the snake. I haven't checked, but there seems to be a magenta cast on the whites.

    Unfortunately the snake action was obscured by foliage. I did check for magenta on the whites using H&S sliders with no observable change. Colour is pretty much straight out of the camera.

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    Hi Colin, a nice subject to end the year with.

    If this is HH then push the ISO to give yourself some better SS, its the MK3 so no problems. Overall it's a bit dark and I feel too much of a blue cast in the bill and whites, in addition reducing the magenta via the Tint slider as per young Stu's comment, also helps, addressing that really opens ups the image. Then perhaps back off a tad on the sharpening, just a hint. Love the punk hairdo and wet perch, killer backdrop too.

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    Hi Colin, what a great subject to bring in the New Year. Love that eye and crest. Steve's repost looks great. TFS

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    Hello Colin, HNY to you, excellent capture, yes to the repost, I especially like the FFdetail on the head.

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    Nice look at this guy Colin. I particularly like the large, wide eye! Steve sorted the color issue out nicely. His also looks a tad sharper, but it looks like your RAW capture was in really good shape regardless. Well done...

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    Hi Dorian, no additional sharpening applied, it’s as Colin applied it, hence suggesting to peg it back a fraction. But addressing the usual it removes the ‘mask’ if you like, to reveal the image, with no tricks either, just simple PP.

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    I like the pose, perch, IQ, details and sweet BG. Steve's repost looks really good. Well done Colin.

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    Thanks for the comments. The OP was how I saw it but I take the point about the blue cast although Steve's re-post takes it too far for me.
    HNY to all, and here's to some wonderful shots through 2021.

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    Hi Colin .... love this species a lot . They are full of personality !!!
    On e of them , once has stolen a steak from my barbecue while camping somewhere on the east coast in a national park .

    Story behind the image is cool , as is the cropping .
    For me personally the colors in your OP are slightly off .... Steve has shown a direction how the colors might be in real life . Matter of taste at times .... your call , what you like .

    I am just surprised to see no real fine feather details , specially and very obvious in the dark patch next to the eye . No feather structure visible .... got lost somewhere , as there should be detail in the feathers . Maybe you can shed some light .... where it got lost ??

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    Whoa neat looking bird. It's head looks huge. Nice framing and pose.

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