Lower the saturation a little, lighten the bkgrn and maybe a try with Image>Adjustment>Shadow & Highlight(first). All of this if you like to play with Photoshop. Arthur Morris (see top of the page advertisement) offers some excellent books and papers (ADAPTS, etc) I know would be quite helpful in a pursuit of learning Photo shop and the photography of birds . In one of them he talks about the exchange of the eye, when the bird you are shooting raises its protective eye shields.
Keep shooting - looking forward to more shots from you.
PS ... hope this is helpful and not to much information.
Rob..............
Last edited by Rob Miner; 04-03-2010 at 12:36 PM.
Reason: another thought.
The calling pose looks very nice, too bad the eye is closed. I wish the bird were angled toward you and the light were less harsh. You could try to get more details in the blacks and give it a bit more room.
Very Common Bird - Male Grackle
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