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[peter (Peter J. Morrissey)]

Hi

The problem with photographing a Cormorant flying by at 9AM, is the evaluative metering setting makes the camera exposure come out some were between the sky and the bird. This gave me a vary dark Cormorant and a deep blur sky.

In DxO PhotoLab I adjusted saturation & luminance of the sky, over all exposure, highlight, midtones, shadows and blacks. I use a local brush to adjust the sharpness and vibrancy of the head and second brush to adjust the exposure and blacks of the body and wings.

This is the end product.
Thanks for stopping by.
Peter

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Canon7DII, Sigma 150-600mm, 435mm, F8, 1/200, ISO 400.
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[Dennis_Plank]

Dark birds against the sky are tough, Peter. Your processing worked well in this one. Very nice plumage detail as well.