look me straight in the eye

[stuart wanuck]

nikon d 300 iso 400
m 1/1600 @7
200-400 mm lens

[denise ippolito]

Stuart, Very nice head on pose. I like the perch also. I think it looks a bit tight in the frame and the feathers seem a tiny bit too saturated to me. The details look very good :)

[stuart wanuck]

repost cut saturation down slightly

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose and eye contact. The repost looks better but some of the whites are overexposed.

[denise ippolito]

Stuart, I think the saturation looks better.

[Grace Scalzo]

Stuart, in addition to Axel and Denise's comments which I agree on, I see quite a bit of evidence of clean up on the right side (as viewed) and some sort of blothchiness in the lower left corner and around the perch. I would also get your signature out of dead center as it's a distraction to the subject. Otherwise, the outstreched wings and eye contact are nice.

[wendell westfall]

Stuart, really like the great pose and the eye contact; would like more prominent eyes -- perhaps they could be brightened and/or saturated.