White-winged Fairy-wren

What a handsome little fellow Rob. Whites and blues look good to me and I like the curly dried stems to the left.

Wow, what a cool looking little bird. I have never seen these before so this is a real treat. I like the included habitat as well as the perch. Good eye contact and feather detail.

In regards to your question, did you try using curves? Using a curves layer, I would start off with a slight adjustment to the blue channel at the mid point (128) and take it down to get rid of the blue cast evident on the perch. Other than that, I would use Tony Kuypers' luminosity masks in the super lights, super dark's and maybe on the basic mid-tones to fine tune the contrast.

With your permission, I could repost this to show you what I mean. Although, I have found that post production, is a matter of personal taste, so it might not be what you're looking for. Just a thought.

Nicely done.

This is a very nice photo. I like the colors of the bird, the only thing I could see to improve would be maybe to take out some of the OOF grasses in the BG. But, I like it as it is. Thanks for sharing.

Having never seen this bird before I don't have a clue what to suggest, but I like it as you have posted it. I especially like the background including the wisps of grasses behind the bird.

What an absolutely delicious bird. Can't help you on 'tinkering' as I have never seen one before (based UK) but I think I might try and take the sharpness off the grass on the left.

What a cute bird! I like this image a lot.

Simply stunning imo. Love the detail and colours. Well done all around Rob.

Beautiful bird, Rob, and your image does him justice, I think. It doesn't appear flat to me, though the bg is rather drab which helps emphasize the bird, but does seem to reduce the total impact. I like the included grasses and the way the perch draws the eye to the bird.

Stunning image. Very neat and unusually colored creature-love the BG, especially the OOF stems.

Rob, Beautiful bird with very nice details. Nice fluffed up pose.

another great bird, Rob. I like this as posted, but perhaps doing a levels adjustment could expand the range a little if you wanted.

Looks great on my monitor, I wouldn't change a thing, grasses add a sense of place, bird is tack sharp, colorful little guy, really like

Fine looking bird, Rob. Nice work.

Looks good to me, sharp with good eye contact.

W W!!! A beauty!

Ken Archer

Rob,

I looked at this before I went out shooting this morning and didn't think it looked flat to me. Love the color, setting and the great pose.

This is a beautiful picture, love the details, colors, composition, and the awesome background with OOF stems- Great job, Fabio