The Eastern Bluebirds have been numerous recently with as many as a dozen visiting at once. I have included images that shows the variety of color...both blues and reds...of the different birds.
The images were captured with a Canon 7DMII and a Canon EF 100-400MM F/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens handheld in daylight. The RAW images were imported into Adobe Lightroom, cropped, then processed for exposure, color correction, and sharpening.
I have been shooting in Canon's Camera Neutral color setting and importing the RAW images into Lightroom with the same setting in the Camera Calibration module to keep what I see on the camera LCD and in Lightroom consistent. For birds and wildlife, I have been finding I prefer that setting. In Lightroom, I typically set the black/white points, adjust clarity, adjust the Tone Curve, touch-up the minor issues, apply some Dodge and/or Burn if necessary, and then sharpen.
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