Tweaked in DPP, then in Cs2, I adjusted hue and sat and contrast to pop the bird, sharpened, some minor dodge and burn. Then I did an NI pass and used history brush to bring back the feather detail on the bird, cropped and saved for web, then anotehr light USM pass.
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I may well have missed it had you not mentioned it. Nice, shame about the tail, but I'm sure you're aware. A more refined crop to allow the waver to dominate a little more may have given this a little extra.
Cute! I don't think I would have picked up on that if not for your title. Very nice colours, the background has almost the same colours as the blue jay.
A rather cute pose. Good catchlight in the eye. I wish he was turned just slightly so we could see the beak a little beter, but....it is what it is. Focus, color and saturation all seem just fine. Nice job.
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