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    From the same session, a more intimate shot of a male munching a Forest Oak cone.
    These birds spend 80% of their day extracting small seeds from the cones.
    Canon EOS R5 EF 600 f4 600mm HH
    1/3200 f4 iso2500
    ACR PS2023 NR Crop Curves (set WB to neutral grey) SH, Sharpen

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    Be nice if you had some extra DoF for the 'bridge' of the bill to be sharp too I think Colin.

    NR looks a bit hefty smoothing out the lower plumage and not sure if the colour look right, seems to be more magenta???? I might think about darken the surround so the head pops more.

    (set WB to neutral grey)
    Why???? Leave it to Adobe standard, you will disappear down a Rabbit hole otherwise Colin.

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    That's an in-your-face kinda view, Colin. The eye contact is incredible, but I think you needed a bit more DOF across the bird. Not sure what's going on with the ridge on the top of the bill; I can't tell if its out of the plane of focus or if you've done wor on it. Frame does have a strong magenta cast as Steve noted. I also find the OOF green stuff in the foreground very distracting.

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    This color cast thingy has me puzzled. Using H&S there is no change with the magenta sliders but a little with the blue, but that is likely the natural color, they are not a grey bird.
    Adding green makes no difference.
    The histogram shows the R, G and B curves on top of each other with a typical standard curve pattern and negligible blocking either end.
    After being pinged so many times on color cast I take a lot of care over it.

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    No problem Colin, appreciate the informative reply.
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    Hi Colin ... i quite like the shot with the mushy surroundings .
    Might be a bit short on DOF ... but it is acceptable for me.
    I am with the others about the color .. sorry i am pinging you again . I just took various color readings across the image and the readings show a large amount of blue .....
    When you try to elimante a cast ... the hue / saturation adjustment is not the first choice , IMHO .
    So i took the freedom and manipulated the colors in my RP .... with a simple curve adjustment to neutralize the colors , followed by a selective color adjustment where i turned the " yellows " in the foliage to the green side to add some color contrast . And a hue /sat layer to reduce the blues specially in the beak !!!

    WDYT ? I might be well wrong ....

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    Thanks for taking the time to do that Andreas. It does drift towards being too sepia to my eyes.
    It was a light cloudy late afternoon with filtered low sun so hard to know where a blue cast would come from.
    Setting color balance is so subjective/eye of beholder. The scientist in me likes some rules and guidelines.
    Interesting that Match Color/Neutralize in PS brought your RP back to close to the OP.
    And yes I do use Curves the way you described at times.

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