I didn't have my lens hood with me and it produced a pretty nasty lens flare in the bottom left corner. I was able to crop a bit to get rid of most of the annoyance. Other editing trick I tried to tone down the remaining flare looked pretty bad so I left the remaining flare alone.
The fence line bugs me, but thats the way it was built.
Editing steps:
levels
slight shadow/highlight
selective color
resize/sharpen
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Thanks for all the comments!
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Very nice & lovely feel to this image. I love how small the bird is on the fence & the sun is beaming down on him/her. Beautiful, should finish well. Good luck!