I just want to say hello. I post often in another nature forum and a friend of mine told me about this site and how fantastic the work is here. Looking forward to viewing many nice images from all of you. Here are my techs:
Canon 7D
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 w/1.4 tc
exp 1/1250 at f/6.3
ISO 400
handheld
Welcome Kurt. I like your comp with the rocks and grassy FG. Ram has a nice pose too. I like the way the shadow sort of frames the face. It looks like there's a rock in the BG right behind the middle of the nose, but I'm also seeing a bit of a halo of some sort around most of his head.