Head angle and soft light look good and the puffed-up plumage adds to it. I wish the OOF branch in the foreground were not there and a smaller perch would have made it even stronger.
Nice over-all image. I'd like to see a bit more dynamic range in the contrast; ULC OOF branch might be either removed or blured more for soft effect. Nice image. ;)
I love the fluffed up look! I agree with wishing the FG branch wasn't there, and removing the OOF stuff in ULC should be quite easy if you decide to do so...looks like a vertical clone mark near the edge, so perhaps you've already done some work there?