foot motif - landing gull

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

D700
70-200mm f/2.8G VR
200mm
ISO 200
f/5.6 at 1/2000s
Aperture Priority mode
0EV
AF-C, Dynamic 21 points
Auto white balance
handheld

Lighten, boost color, boost saturation (blow some red here), NR, blurred more on the head, crop and sharpen.

Taken last year, the shot was miss focus from the eye to the feet instead, glad I didn't trash this to never ever land yet. Regrading composition, should I complete crop off the eye?

All comments and suggestions are welcome.

[denise ippolito]

I like the feet and the way the one is ready to touch down. I might crop some off the top to concentrate more on the feet.:)

[Lance Peters]

Hi - like the landing :) I would crop some from the top getting rid of the eye at least as it does draw attention away from what you want the main subject to be.
TFS

[Dave Mills]

Hi, I like the feet but agree that the rest of the bird is taking away from the center of interest. I would crop just below the beak and a little at the bottom. This will really emphasize the feet...

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Think this is a fun shot, I might crop just to the black dot on the face and a little from the bottom. Like it.

[Rachel Hollander]

I agree with Dave and would crop to below the beak. I really like the position of the feet.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Thanaboon Mighty fine set of feet in action, wold take Dave's advice and evict to top side of bird then crop some form the bottom !! You got a real good one Like the action and angle made !!!

[Ann Fiske]

Oh what happy feet. Agree with others on the crop.
Like it a lot. :)

Ann