Spoonbill Closeup - Save or Delete?

[Troy Lim]

I caught this shot on the upper right corner of frame, it filled about 2/3 of the entire frame. Since I clipped the upper wing off the frame, I decided to crop in this way to focus on the head and neck of the spoonbill since it was sharp and have the feathers surround it.
What you think? Keep or Delete?

Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: 200-400 f/4, handheld.
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 270 mm
ISO Speed: 640
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

[subhrashis]

This is a highly unusual image, and well rendered! IMO the short DOF throwing wings OOF does not matter, as well as the cut wings, as attention is held by the sharp eye. Keeper for sure, but you could explore additional compositions/postprocessing for a better image!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I find your crop choice highly appealing. I just find it dark overall...you could lighten it up - perhaps as a true high-key image (BG pure white, or very close to it).

Short answer: keep.:)

[subhrashis]

I second the high key idea!

[Jim Fenton]

I like it and definetly agree with the brighter high key approach.

[Troy Lim]

Thank you guys. I will re-edit to brighten it a bit later tonight.

[Gal Shon]

I like the umbrella affect here.
Agree with brighten the image a bit.

[Dave Leroy]

Definitely a keeper.
A very interesting close up pose.

[Harshad Barve]

keep it :)
TFS

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Love it and agree with the above suggestions !!! Very elegant !!!!!

[Susan Candelario]

Keeper! Can't wait to see the re-post.

[Fernando Cerra]

Save please or donate, do not delete this image it is out of the ordinary, great composition, lots of detail.

[Juan Aragonés]

I would keep it for sure, in fact i love it :eek:. I agree about the high key option and I suggest a different croping if you have more room at the right, something like this

[Lorant Voros]

Keep it????What a question. You aren't serious. Look at Juan's repost. Beautiful.

[Mike Fuhr]

No question about it whatsoever! I would love to have this image in my collection!

[Troy Lim]

Thank you guys.
Juan, no room on the right :(

[sulasula]

Delete it ... or much better ... send the RAW to my e-mail I will delete it by myself :-) :-) :-) Just kidding :-)
Very unusual in all aspects - light, crop, moment. ABSOLUTELLY PERFECT TO ME!!!

[Troy Lim]

Delete it ... or much better ... send the RAW to my e-mail I will delete it by myself :-) :-) :-) Just kidding :-)
Very unusual in all aspects - light, crop, moment. ABSOLUTELLY PERFECT TO ME!!!

Thank you stopping by. :p

[Ricardo Rodriguez]

Troy, I'm a bit late with my comment, but, delete?? Yeah, right ... for goodness' sake, KEEP IT!!!!!!!

[Tobias Hayashi]

Definitely keep it. Unusual but the bird's head is very well framed by the wings on both sides, perfect. A bit more room on the right would have been great but I understand this probably wasn't available.

[Troy Lim]

Definitely keep it. Unusual but the bird's head is very well framed by the wings on both sides, perfect. A bit more room on the right would have been great but I understand this probably wasn't available.

Thank you Tobias.