I am leaving....

[Giulio Zanni]

He's saying....not me :)

Shot at 1/320 f/5.6 -2/3, iso 1600 at 800mm with 1D MkIV and 800/5.6.

Thanks for looking, Giulio

[denise ippolito]

Giulio, First of all big welcome to OOTB! I love the cute look of the bird and the action captured. I do wish that the reflection were not clipped and that the bird was a bit more out of the center. Still a sweet capture. As presented I might evict the tree on the right side and give it a slight rotation.

[sandy richards]

Welcome! Very cute little bird! Do you know what he is?
I believe it needs a bit of CCW rotation.
I'd suggest cloning out the OOF stuff on the right, and it's reflection - although it might be tricky to do so.
What in-camera or post-processing techniques did you use here to make it "OOTB" ?
Sorry if I am misunderstanding the forum: "This forum is for OOTB images modified or created using post processing techniques and / or images created entirely in camera, including toned, desaturated, hand colored and infra red etc."

[Arthur Morris]

I think that this is just an OOTB pose. Bird is too centered. Pose is too, too cute. A crop from the right, a bit of selective sharpening of the face, and a bit of lightening of the face and breast would likely make this much better.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I think this would be great on a clean BG. As is, I think sharpening the eye might give more of a place for your eye to lock on to. Pose is great.

[Kerry Perkins]

Cute bird and pose! Agree with comments so far and would consider cropping the reflection away or including the whole wing if you have it on the bottom. Nice capture!

[Steve Adkins]

Giulio, I LOL when a read the caption and then saw the image. Thanks for this day brightener!!:)

[Cheryl Slechta]

Giulio, welcome to OOTB! The pose is great and I love the water:)