On Oct 27, 2019, at 9:27 AM, John wrote:
I did a little levels & curves, but it was so twitchy even the slightest adjustment just blew out the highlight and overpowered the bird.
I sometimes find that gamut reduction helps with too great a contrast between subject and background. After gamut reduction the subject can be tweaked to suitable brightness and contrast, and the background doesn't get out of hand.
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