Vermilion Flycatcher - More Post Processing practice

Here is another old photo I dug up of a Vermilion Flycatcher, which I thought I could make a little better. Feel free to Critique same as before.

After:

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Looks good, much tougher braches to remove. The red looks blown in the after.

What I learned about the difficulty with red. To get detail in red areas, you have to underexpose a little and bring up the exposure in PP.

Way oversharpened, red is way too blown out and the edges of perches are obvious where you cleaned. I like the before much better.

I agree with y'all's thoughts on the red, I think I overdid it on the saturation. I noticed the the top part of the branch I forgot to touch up as well. I'll make the corrections. As far as the branches I think it just looks odd in some areas because the background was blurred anyway so there was never much definition. Thanks for the critiquing!

Mike, try cropping to a vertical shot as well. I think that might enhance the shot with the way you have the branch going vertical.