Purple on blue

[Ilija Dukovski]

Purple Sandpiper on blue BG:) Not sure why is this bird called purple?
I did NR in BG and desaturated the blue cast in the shadows.
Question: I have really hard time getting rid of a slight blue cast
in the center of the bird, did not go away as the rest of it in the shadows.
Any help would be appreciated.

Nikon D80 300mm+TC14 f/8 1/1250 ISO400 AP-1

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice frontal view of this bird. Photo seems a little dark and perhaps cool on my monitor. I might crop a bit of oof area out of fg. Sorry i can't answer your questions. Dave

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Good-looking specimen, eye contact, sharpness and setting. Too bad the sun was not behind you and a bit more bill/body separation would have been nice. As for the blues, you could select the area and desaturate the blue channel a few points if raising the color temperature in RAW does not fix it. I would also lighten the plumage that is not sunlit.

[Ilija Dukovski]

As for the blues, you could select the area and desaturate the blue channel a few points if raising the color temperature in RAW does not fix it. I would also lighten the plumage that is not sunlit.

Axel, that's waht I did, the left part of the bird was very blue, I desaturated it all and it worked everywhere except
in the middle part, I didn't want to warm-up in ACR since I liked the water colour.
Thanks for the help.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Nice pose and I like the lighting Ilija. :) Thanks for sharing.

[Arthur Morris]

Nice pose, ugly colors... Used the Robert O'Toole Average Blur Color Balance trick and then reduced the RED SAT from that. Then used a QM to lighten the shadowed side. Me thinks that it is a huge improvement... All from Digital Basics & APTATS I & II. :)

[Ilija Dukovski]

Me thinks that it is a huge improvement...

Me thinks too:) Gracias. The sad part is that I knew the blur trick and forgot about it:D
Me did not think... Thank you a lot!