I've changed my mind about 20 times as to which shot I want to enter. And what processing to do. I've tried lots of dodging and burning and Neat Image and a whole host of other things which made it brighter and more colorful but ... in the end I keep wanting it to look more like what I saw, which is a more subtle look.
Yes, I know the title is punny, but the purple and gold kinda' suggested it and I didn't have the willpower to resist.
I do like the balance of this composition much better than most birdy reflections I've gotten. The grasses and reflections framed the bird nicely.
Not expecting much because it's a bird and people are probably sick of them!
PP - converted from RAW, cropped, dodged eye and reflection of it, resized, sharpened with noise reduction.
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It's a really nice shot, love the gold on the water.. it just feels to be more about the light than the reflection. That doesn't make a lot of sense I know, just a feeling
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