Swamphen...

[kevinj]

Before the mist burnt off.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day Kevin

Beaut sparkle in the eye, plenty of visual interest and pastel colours for us to enjoy

Phil

[David_MC]

Nice shot. The light and colors look good. Maybe the bird could be a touch brighter but not too much.

[Isac]

Good framing in this one Kevin. I agree the bird could do with a lift. In ACR I boosted the shadows to 80 and it made a big difference.

[avkomp]

Nice capture. agree with the comments for shadow boost too.

[kevinj]

Thanks for the advice, I will have another look at it and see what I can Do.

[Isac]

Hi Kevin. Here's a simple way to remove halos in Photoshop. I showed Hans in this post and he said it worked a treat.
https://www.ausph.com/forum/photohol...stralian-hobby

[HansE]

Forgotten all about that. Do recall now though.

[wigz]

Nicely framed with the bird in profile and the two clear fields of foreground and background.

It does seem to have a slight halo around the bird so I suspect you may have lifted the shadows a little. I find that selecting the subject in Lightroom or Photoshop, then lifting shadows in the subject seems to reduce halos.

[Isac]

Hi Kevin. This is with a shadows boost (+80) in ACR and halo removal. PS: I love that bokeh you got. Well done with that.

[kevinj]

I tried a rework, I think it`s a bit better.

[Isac]

Much better Kevin. Next part is to remove the halo around the bird. Have a look at this quick method to do that:
https://www.ausph.com/forum/photohol...stralian-hobby
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