She is it

[HansE]

I noticed after I took the first image that the ISO was set to 6400 and thought I better take another picture which I did.

First image @ 500mm iso6400 1/800


Next picture @472mm iso200 1/200

Not seeing a huge difference in the two images I made a composit for a closer look
I don't know but I think the first with the higher shutter speed probably edged it out. The warm coulor was due to it being in the late afternoon

[David_MC]

Lovely shot. Really like the warm tones.

[HansE]

Yes about 5.30 pm They would normally be making their way to where they hide at night. Gets dark early now that it's close to winter.

[Isac]

Very hard to see the difference Hans, only 1024 images. The 2nd has slightly better contrast so it looks a bit sharper. I must say though, after a colour correction (using Blur Average) the images completely change in appearance.

[HansE]

Youve got me. "Blur Average"??

[HansE]

Looked it up. You wonder who dreams these things up? Does look more natural.

[Isac]

I have an action for Blur Average. It's brilliant for images which have a strong colour cast.
1. Copy Layer.
2. Filter > Blur > Average.
3. Invert Layer (Ctrl + I).
4. Opacity 50% (this is just for starters, adjust to get the look you want).
5. Set Layer Mode to COLOR.
I often add a Hue/Sat layer and play with all 3 sliders to get improvements to colours and contrast.
I also use LINEAR LIGHT layer mode, which I think suits this one:

[wigz]

I don't know what happened here Isac but the colour looks to have a bluish cast. I'm assuming this is the finished image.

[HansE]

Gone too far. It was lit by an orange sun.The method of removing a cast seems to have merit and I will probably use that again.

[Isac]

It was just to show how to remove a strong colour cast using the Blur Average method. It can always be adjusted using the opacity and adding a Hue/Sat layer. I didn't adjust this one.

[wigz]

I prefer the second image with its better saturation, and I like the colour of the afternoon light. I can't tell sharpness at this size.

[HansE]

The sharpness at 100% was very similar. I thought the higher shutter speed from the first edged it out.

[Isac]

For Alan: I dropped the Opacity of the Blur Average layer to 32% and this is the difference. So it's pretty easy to adjust the look.

[HansE]

Looks like a good weapon to have in our arsenal of fixes. I would asume it to work for any cast since it takes an average. In this case I wouldn't want to remove all of the late sun.

[Isac]

It's great for any colour casts and fully adjustable with the opacity slider. In my action I just set the opacity to 50% as a starting point.