This tricolored heron sat down close to me at Gatorland. The wind gave him a devilish look! A bit centered and left side of head in shadow. All comments welcome.
Nice and sharp on the eyes and cool horns. Fabs is right: SHBAV.
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good advice above. I find the contrast a bit high, and the whites in the crest and some of the blues on the beak are showing as blow when checked in NX2.
You can tame some of the contrast with a reverse S curve adjustment, and tease out a little more detail on the left side with shadow recovery. It tends to turn a bit too blue if you push the recovery too hard, but there is room for improvement.