Really like the BG, but as Randy pointed out, the bird is relatively dark; this is a situation where fill flash would help greatly. What exactly did you mean when you said that you finally got the BG the way you wanted it?
Tthanks guys . this shot was taken late october of last year and i just got a new monitor this week. i aslo see it as quite dark on my new screen but i cant find the original raw image to try and correct it.
What i meant about the background Doug ,is that i finally got it far enough from the subject to to blur it out nicely.