Western Grebe

[Ian Cassell]

Canon 7D
Canon 400/5.6
1/2500 f/7.1 ISO 400 HH

Adjustment of highlights in Nik Viveza
Small crop for comp and sharpening in CS6

[gail bisson]

You have a really nice pose and the soft light really helped you to get a good exposure on the blacks and whites.
I would move the bird into the LUC so that there is more room on the bottom and right and the bill points to the RLC.
A bit more NR on the BG would be good.