With the head against the rock (?) and the dark water, I think that lightening the face would be a huge improvement. Love the silky water.
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Love the unusual angle of shot. The rock on the BG breaks a little bit the nice composition, but not too distracting. I'm not an expert of post-processing, but a darker foreground and a brighter bird's head would improve significantly this image.
I lightened the head using Robert O'Toole's APTATS/Quick Masking tricks to make the selection (and then a Curves ADJ via Cntrl M) and did a bit of eye doctor magic...
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