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    Default Lady BGB

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    An unprocessed female Blue Grosbeak from Summer.

    R5
    840mm
    Handheld
    ISO 1600
    1/1600
    f8

    LR and PS, Neat Image for NR.

    Audio played. Cloned extra catchlight, some food hanging off the beak and evicted a couple super bright spots on the mullein.
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    A fine shot, I quite like as presented but for me just a little bright and yellow, I took to PSCC, lowered exposure buy about 1/3 stop checked highlights and lowered colour temp a little and the image really popped.

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    Beautiful color and details. Would also make a great vertical. TFS

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    David, thanks for the comments. Vertical would also probably be nice.

    Jon, thanks much for the feedback! TBH, I sampled many different gray points and in fact, have 15 different versions with different WB, crazy as it sounds :-/ This o.p. seemed to have the most life. However, here is a version with some slight edits for perspective.

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    Hi Brian ... lovely clean shot of this species , as the others has been .
    Love the fine rendered details , nice work .
    This image offers a lot of options and room for various variants , in terms of color .
    Personally I would go darker and cooler in the BG and keep bird and perch as they are in the OP .... as a possible option .

    Just my thinking about this fine shot

    TFS Andreas

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    That green background. Love it. Detail looks great. Framing is bang on for me.

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    hi Brian,

    Clarity and detail are very good. The fund has been integral. successful work. There may be different things about colors and exposure. there is no end. congratulations

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    I must be iggorant. Both versions look stunningly beautiful to me. I even like the left-hand spur on the perch.

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    Lovely image Brian! I am with Artie on this one. I like both versions lol. I think.I like the original best though.

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    One thing I love about this forum, justified subjectivity lol

    Thank you all, really appreciate the varying viewpoints and great feedback!!

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