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Difficult territory Graham.
Jeff likes his style and that's his prerogative, I feel it is a bit pink but I think you have gone too far, to me, it's dull and lifeless in your version. Your version may actually be true to nature but nature is (usually) supposed to be dull, camouflage is natures way with most things.
Jeff on the other hand isn't trying to depict nature as nature intends, but to create a spectacular picture, from the form and pose of the bird, combined with the background to create a pleasing piece of art, for the ordinary viewer. When I first saw this image I was very impressed, despite little bells saying it's 'a bit pink'! Graham, you are no ordinary viewer! You come from a background of colour perfection, Jeff if enjoying his wildlife photography and making adjustments to his images as he feels appropriate.
To me the magic is in capturing the pose and in combination with the background, a delightful image. The exact colour balance don't matter too much to me, as long as it's not spoiling the image. Levels, to me are much more important and if you check your version of 'corrected' you will see you have lost the white end. I have 'corrected' that and this, to me is MY perception of what I feel is a good balance but I suspect that for every person to adjust this photograph, each result would be different.
Do we go with straight out of the camera, basic adjustments to get it close to nature natural, or adjust it to our own taste? I respect Jeff's right to make the adjustments he feels are appropriate, right to wrong in our eyes.
For what it's worth, my version, hope you don't mind Jeff... This is Graham's 'corrected' with the levels corrected and a bit of pink put back...
But I still like the original, right or wrong.
Off out to photograph the stars... at 04:30!
I like Robert's adjustment of the photo.
But I do find the reed brush flower a little detracting. The bird is outstanding. I never really appreciated the beauty of the goldfinch.
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