Some may argue black is not a color but the lack there of. I believe that if you can buy a black dress, construction paper, or anything else black, that uses dies to get there, then it must be a color. Besides if you look closely, the pigment of this bird is not entirely black.
The following are my editing steps.
RAW in CS3
Exposure +.55
Recovery 37
Fill light 15
Blacks -0-
Brightness +50
Contrast +59
Vibrance +64
Saturation +35
Open in CS3
Bump Saturation in blue channel.
Burn tool on branch and clouds
Crop
Sharpen twice noise ninja
Resize
Bump contrast
Save for the web.
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