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    Very challenging to photograph. They flit from perch to perch dropping into the grass to collect an insect
    which means continually wading through knee-deep grass trying to keep the sun behind,
    locate the bird in the viewfinder and grab focus before it flits off again.
    A small bird about 12 cm shot at near closest focus.
    R5 1/500 f9 iso2000 -0.3ev HH low setting sun. BG is the grassy vegetation.
    PS2021 cropped, NR to BG, unsharp mask. Toned down the strong late sun reds a little.

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    Very cute bird here Colin, and I can relate to the behaviour as it is similar with some species over here too. Good light, OK perch. I find the bird a touch large in the frame, and the fine detail is just not present. I have a feeling the raw file is perfectly detailed (focus looks good), so I'm sure it is down to processing or resizing.

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    Merci Dan, forgot to uae the healing brush over the bird after NR, that might have helped.

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    Cute little bird. Great background. I could see it larger in the frame.

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    Colin there's something amiss to me regarding the plumage - some is smudgey/smeared and the sharpening looks a little awry. I don't understand the healing brush reference, if you don't require NR on the bird surely the easiest option is to make a mask? If it was Topaz I would suggest a sharpening value of 20-30 max.

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    Hi Colin ... nice bird and a clean shot .
    Tones and colors looking ok ....
    But the IQ has suffered .... agree with Jonīs observations .

    1/500 might be to slow .... image has no fine detail at all as posted, IMHO.

    TFS Andreas

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    Hey Colin

    The things we do for love, cute little bird also think it needs a bit more room though

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