Originally Posted by
Randy Stout
Conrad:
Excellent first image, with good low shooting angle, good use of DOF to really smooth out the surrounding water, nice head angle of bird. Exposure very close, perhaps just a little loss of details in the whites, but woodies are notoriously challenging to get the exposure just right. As is often the case with woodies, the eye often looks a bit unsharp, but you are very close, and I might consider another go with selective sharpening of the eye.
Interesting colors in the background. Although the gold brings out the color in the bird, I wish the coloration across the background was a bit more uniform.
Nice one. Look forward to more.
Randy