The Wild Look

[Kenn Christensen]

iso 200
1/1000
f5.6
handheld
500mm f4 IS L
1d Mk III

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Pretty wild, indeed. ;) Is this a captive animal? If so, I could move it to the other bird forum.

[Lana Hays]

Kenn
You captured an interesting pose on this fellow. I like the open bill and the wind blown look. The composition looks fine. The whites are a little hot and perhaps it's a bit contrasty.

[Jim Poor]

All I can hear in my mind looking at this is "Wasssuuuuuupp" in that crazy way that was popular not long ago. . . From scary movie I think.
I like the unique expression. The ears are a little hot and there is a little noise in the mouth. I wonder if you lightened the mouth up a bit to show detail in there?

[Jim Neiger]

Very cool bird and pose with the open bill. I lik ethat you can see both eyes and the ears sticking up add alot. The image appears to be very contrasty and boosting the contrast may have caused the whites to lose detail. It seems like the original exposure was ok, but the contrast was increased too much.