Eyes Wide Open
by TerryGee

Comment by KevinRiggs:
Great shot. Love the DOF and the catchlights in the eyes. Heck, most of the time I can't get this clear a shot of a human model. Congrats on this capture. If I was going to touch this up at all it'd be the eye. I think a selective edit by using either the Oval selection tool or the Polygon selection and then adding a Curves Adjustment Layer or Levels Adjustment Layer to just the eye selection might bring out the golden-brown to highlight the personality even more. I like it as it is but I think that edit might be worth the time just to see if you can pull that out without popping a red cast on the eye. One thing I especially like are the little feathers poking out on the wings; we have a couple of cockatiels and its fun to see some of the more characteristic little idiosyncracies that birds exhibit sometimes.
One of the better examples in this challenge.

Eyes Wide Open
by TerryGee

Comment by justine:
How mighty and proud he is. Power! Good color.

Eyes Wide Open
by TerryGee

Comment by peecee:
Splendid picture, maybe a better cropping coul improve it, the gap at the side is distracting.

Eyes Wide Open
by TerryGee

Comment by drydoc:
Nice image. IMO the dept of field is a little too fuzzy and the contrast needs to be sharper and more pronounced.

Eyes Wide Open
by TerryGee

Comment by Koriyama:
There's a worrying red tinge on this wonderful shot.

Eyes Wide Open
by TerryGee

Comment by Mousie:
the framing feels left-heavy to me, and a bit tight on the top

Eyes Wide Open
by TerryGee

Comment by hughletheren:
Lovely sharp, detailed bird study - looks so powerful.

Eyes Wide Open
by TerryGee

Comment by rickhd13:
nice shot of the bird...technically very well done

Looking Back
by TerryGee

Comment by TerryGee:
what is so stupid with this entry is if I just took the time to enter it in B&W it would have done better.

Smooth Sailing
by TerryGee

Comment by ScottK:
I wanna know how you got this. Mine always come out unclear.