like i said before im not any specialist about the birds i have just take few images of those , i dont have any long lence or something . I got this goose from the central garden in athens , last day .
levels , crop , i made 2 layes , the 2nd layer made it more dark , to brink back and cover some of the whites , i have try first the method with multiply layer , but it didnt give what i wanted .
canon 50d , f11, 1/200, iso 640 USM IS 100MM LM MACRO .
Good looking bird Kostas and he sure has his eye on you :) For these check out the bg before shooting, all clear would have been best If you got something back there then don't stop down as much to blur the bg, with clear do stop down !!! .. could lighten the eye just a bit !!!