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Panda

Took this shot at Oceanpark in Hong Kong. I would love some CC. I personally debating whether the green in the water behind him is distracting and whether or not I should go in and desaturate the colors. Feel free to be really critical. Thanks everyone in advanced.

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Did you increase the green colour in lightroom or PS? This could be the reason to why there's some green colour visable in the water. Usually water is blue/green, so if you adjust the green it might result in the water being green as well.
Just a though.
The top right part of the Panda is a bit over exposed from my point of view. I had a similar case the other day with a white swan, I had to adjust it so you could se the structure of the feathers.

Thanks for the tips, I didn't increase the green, I did a bit of hue shift to yellows to make the greens richer. The green in the water is from moss on the rocks and is in the original. I wasn't sure about the panda. I will darken him up a bit, I am just afraid it may make him look a bit dirty and not as cuddly.

I am an old-school professional photographer, so with that said and my biases implied, I think the green leaves look like you have added "pop" which of course may not be the case. Afterall I have not seen the actual leaves. If you have added the fashionable "pop" then that is of course a subjective thing and I do understand that sometimes colours need a little help, but here they look over done, to an old-school pro. The water behind. You have me confussed. You comment on the green in it but I first noticed the magenta and the blue. Yes there is some strange green going on too. It is very odd and I have no idea why it is there. I do suggest you kill it off though.