I love the pose on this bird *** well as the head turn and eye contact. The feathers on the head look soft to me but I don't know this species. Could you have applied some noise reduction to the BG that also affected the bird?
Happy 2009 Alexander. I love the bird´s pose with that nice head turn and eye contact, the horizontal tail and the beautiful legs position. The perch is really nice and, in fact, I would like to see more of the perch in the upper right corner and I am tempted to clone out the dry leaf under the bird. I agree with Stephen that the head looks a bit soft instead of the fact that this species has a natural soft plumage