Female house finch - edited...

No need to comment. This was practice in On1 Raw. The AI did a great job selecting only the background (no need for the masking brush this time) where I applied a gaussian blur in the effects layer and feathered it just a bit. I also brightened the midtones in the develop layer. The bird stands out better, but is it a better image than the original? LOL! Not by much.

[Milanie]

The edit made quite a difference - wish I could catch on to the instructions - need more patience I guess.

[Mags]

@milaniet Thanks, Milanie. If you're using On1, there's a bunch of videos on this. I pause and apply, pause and apply - while watching.

[Walks @ 7]

Wow, what a fabulous edit.

[Mags]

@joysabin Thank you, Joy.

[winghong_ho]

Great edit. The bird really stands out.

[Diana]

Beautifully done Mags, such a gorgeous little bird too!

[Joan Robillard]

Cute

[Susan Wakely]

Sweet little bird.

[Mags]

@wh2021 Thank you.

@ludwigsdiana Thank you very much, Diana.

@joansmor Thanks, Joan.

@wakelys Thank you, Susan.

[haskar]

Lovely

[KV]

Love your edit.

[Mags]

@haskar Thanks, Haskar.

@kvphoto Thanks, KV.

[Kathy A]

The bird does stand out more but he’s got no legs 😂

[Phil Howcroft]

great light mags

[Mags]

@kjarn Yeah, they pretty much disappeared in the grass.

@phil_howcroft Thanks, Phil.