Hi - Do include all your shooting info when posting including shutter speed, aperture etc will help everyone see what you are doing :)
Lovely - Sweet light, classic pose - good HA and eye contact, sharp and nice fine feather details.
Do like the BG - Just wish the horizon line did not cut through the neck area. Might be tempted to Darken the mid tones - Just the slightest TAD.
Big congrats - like it a lot!!
Really like it....The sharpness , the feather detail, the way the color in the bird is repeated in the bg...I do agree with lance that it would have been better if the horizon did not cut through the neck.