Very lovely detail and head turn in this image Arsdel. I do find it to be tight and would like to see more room on the left and top. To be really picky the dead leaf I find to be rather distracting but not always within our control. Great eye contact in this image. Many thanks for sharing.
Beautiful subject, with a good head turn. The BG is perfectly smooth near the bill and throat, but abruptly becomes noisy beyond...same goes to the right of the bird (becomes noisy near edge of frame on that side). Any work done in those areas?