Snowy Profile

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Shot this a few yrs back at a local rookery. added canves to top
Canon 40D
300 mm 2.8Llens w/2x
ISO 320 f8 @1/250

[dankearl]

Sharp and nice exposure on the whites.
The BG is a bit too bright for me.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Interesting gap between the mandibles! Love the 'do and the breeding colours. Some fill would have been super, and I do wish you had pointed your lens a bit more to the right. I personally like the BG!

[Dave Leroy]

I also like the bg and really like the nice colors of the bird. I think a bit of pp'n to brighten up the face area a bit in place of the fill would be nice. Very nice composition.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Interesting gap between the mandibles! Love the 'do and the breeding colours. Some fill would have been super, and I do wish you had pointed your lens a bit more to the right. I personally like the BG!
Thanks Daniel and Dave. I took your advice and brought up the bird some. that was tough pp because of the head feathers but I think this is better. WDYT?

[Robert Holguin]

Beautiful image. Superb detail, I really like the background, and the repost looks much better.
Well done.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Cheryl, tack sharp, and just love the detail around the eye. Just enough neck shown to create the perfect portrait comp. The BG colours rock, as does your repost.

[Don Nelson]

Repost is good. BG is excellent in both posts. I'd add just a little more on the top - its just a little too close for my taste.

[Marina Scarr]

Repost looks very good. Agree on a tad more space on top but not a deal breaker. Good use of flash. You have nice details in the feathers and that BG rocks.

[Doug Brown]

Really nice feather detail. I like the repost with the brighter whites, which looked somewhat gray in the OP. I would have preferred a slightly better head angle.

[Carmelo Cannova]

That is on beautiful portrait set on an great BG. Beautiful details captured and well exposed highlights.

Carmelo

[arash_hazeghi]

nice portrait Cheryl. I like the repost

[Troy Lim]

Repost looks great, since you added canvas on top, I would add more to the right also.