More Kea Color

[Ian McHenry]

Haven't been down to Kea flight aviary for sometime.
Was somewhat surprised to get this image today!
Details Pentax K10D in shady spot although overhead blue sky & bright sunshine!
Tamron 70-300 @ 110mm.
ISO 1600 1/180 @ F5.6 Multi Segment metering. Minus 0.5 Ev.
Edited with PSE for color correction and sharpening.
Topaz Adjust and Topaz Detail and Noiseware X 2.
Comments and reposts welcome as always.
Cheers: Ian Mc

[Ian McHenry]

Woops too blue in original post.
Have used "Variations" to reduce blue.
Ian Mc

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey Ian, interesting bird and behaviour you captured. Unfortunately the image is suffering from extreme cropping and/or heavy post processing. You had the right idea in raising the ISO way up there but it still wasn't enough to give you the shutter speed and sharpness you wanted with these quick moving subjects.

The repost does look better colour-wise...

[Ian McHenry]

Thanks Daniel.
I knew it wasn't right but seeking some clarity on reason !!!
Looks like I'll have to start using my Sigma flash.
Cheers: Ian Mc