Juvenile Magpie WB Painted

TSC - Fun with White Balance

On this photo (original in note) I changed the white balance to tungsten to get the blue effect. In processing in Lightroom I took a brush, (as one would do for selective colour) and set it for a more normal white balance for the scene. With the brush I brushed the tree branch the bird is perched upon, his white feathers, his beak and the CD.

I also had some fun with an older picture, photographed outside of our challenge week. It is also in the notes and on Not the Sunday Challenge.

We have a couple of juvenile magpies learning the ropes in our back yard. Notice his baby feathers and that his (or her) tail feathers are not yet fully grown. They are mature enough to hop/fly from branch to branch but little more. During a strong wind the other day it was amusing to see one of them holding his balance while balancing on the fence. The parents are never far away and nag constantly at their young. I think once this one learns to fly he will get his own Discman.