I love the detail and the colours, wonderful. My only tiny gripe is the largest freshly broken branch to the left of the perch. Was this a natural perch or one you erected?
Sweet capture with a wonderful prey item. What is it? The bird's face is a bit on the dark side and the sharpest focus is on the wing so I sharpened the face with a contrast mask and lightened it. Pardon the sloppy work on the two branches.... I could do much better with more pixels esp. if I ever learn to use the gradient tool--the changing tones in the gray BKGR gave me fits. Lovely pose, BKGR, and a good head angle.
Next time try to focus on the eye.
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