Birds in the Snow - levels, curves, something else?

[BluebirdNut]

John, yes, that male cardinal is one V-E-R-Y red bird. Almost hurts the eyes to look at him! I'll go through your instructions for how you did those corrections once I've got the LAB thing down a little better. I may have inadvertently wandered into the wrong forum -- I just noticed that the name of the forum is Retouch PRO. Maybe I should look for the "Retouch PRO Wannabee" Forum! Dave, you're too kind. Look for a PM from me. (Edit: Make that THREE PM's -- A 1000 character restriction on PM's is somewhat limiting when you're trying to describe the problems I'm having!) And sorry for the repeated "read receipt" requests. I only wised up by the third one. I use so many different forums, I can't remember all the bugaboos of each one!

[cinderella]

What an interesting discussion this is. I have also taken photos of birds thru my door with very unsatisfacatory results. What kind of camara are you using? Zoom?? How close are the birds???? Neat photos with great detail and the improvements are impressive.