Very excited to find this guy at a local park. I had long heard they were there, but never managed to see one until today.
PP - converted from RAW, tilted, cropped, burnt tail feathers, cloned out light spot in eye ring and sharpened eye ring, cloned out some twig bits, Topaz Texture Effects, resized, Topaz Detail.
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With the exception of the bird there's not a lot to hold a viewers attention, a tighter crop that focused more on the bird with less out of focus area would have worked better for me
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