This was actually pre-dawn and it was very overcast and drizzling this morning.
I ready had to use a bit of EV compensation this morning....this was created with a Nikon D300, 500 VR, F6.4, ISO 1250, 1/40, VR ON, +2 EV compensation.
PS....I haven't a clue as to why the eyes are turning this orangy yellow. It's srgb, looks great on my monitor and looks perfect on my pbase and another site where I posted it???????
Great find, exposure control and details. The eyes look fine in non-color managed Firefox and color-managed Safari. Maybe a bit more room at the bottom for the 'virtual' tail?
Beautiful Jim. This bird has an interesting feather pattern on her head and the staight on look shows it off well. I like the soft light. Eyes look fine, I use firefox.
Very nice eye contact. Love the sharpness :)
Looks like the bird is moulting what could the reason of the strange head pattern what Alex mentioned (however I might be wrong).