Today I spotted this Eurasian Jay.
I loved that it look at me, so I decided this photo is play raw worth it.
Have fun guys 
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My try. Excellent photo. Didn’t need to do much, just tweaking a bit
Eurasian Jay - 13-23-00-213.CR3.xmp (14.5 KB)
An an alternative visualization with G’Mic
Love a Eurasian Jay… found a blue/black feather once, still got it on the book shelf…
Thanks for sharing this shot. Love it.
Awesome shot, thanks for sharing !
I wanted to try out a new trick with colour zones and overlay blend mode, then I got bogged down masking the bird for background darkening.
Also used my ‘highpass + pinlight’ trick; gives a little extra to the brightest areas. (On the tail feathers in this one)
Looks very natural, really good
Used G’MIC’s depth map construction to vcreate a faux depthmap to separate the subject from background and applied dehaze to the background blended with original a bit. Enhanced the colors, too.
