Mating season! The poor girl just wanted lunch, but he had other things on his mind ;)
We feed half a dozen grey squirrels but rarely do they tolerate having another within several feet except in January and June. While these two sat in one lilac bush another pair occupied the other about 6 feet away.
Noiseware, USM with another round on just the eyes, crop, curves, bits of burning and dodging, slight colour adjustment and saturation... just general simple tinkering until I was relatively satisfied.
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Excellent capture......an outstanding job.....perfect processing and/or whatever you did or didn't do. I wouldn't touch it on any level. ZERO flaws in my book. 9
The photo lacks important details and is overwhelmed with the branches (unimportant distractions).
Unfortunately, there are too many branches to make me believe that this image would ever show up in a wildlife magazine (which would warrant a 9 or a 10).
The highlights also seem overblown, either as a result of excessive contrast/brightness adjustment, or as a result of overexposure.
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