Usually I keep post-processing of an image to a minimum – confining myself to a bit of cropping, a bit of lightening/darkening and sharpening, and that is pretty much it.

But, in response to this week’s  photo challenge with the invitation to showcase something experimental, I post this photo of two Red-backed Mannikins at the birdbath, where I experimented with manipulating luminance and colour. I think that the changes somehow foreground the birds and perhaps enhance the sense of ‘friendship’ that they  seem to share?

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P.S. To followers and readers an explanation and an apology are due. I have been pretty much excluded from the blogosphere for about ten days – first by pressure of work, and then for several days, by no access to the Internet, and now only intermittent access with very slow download and upload speeds. I hope this will all be sorted soon so I can catch up on reading blogs that I have been missing out on and also so I can respond to comments. I am really sorry to have seemingly ‘disappeared’. I also hope to return to being able to do a ‘proper’ post each week in addition to participating in the weekly photo challenge.

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