Saker Falcon (for a competition)

The first framing is fine by me... the "missing feet" looks intentional.

I do think that you can improve this image two ways...

1) There is more detail in the highlights (especially on the neck and upper breast) that can be brought out with the highlights slider of the shadow/highlights tool in Photoshop.

2) The background is a bit noisy and could (should?) be cleaned up.

As far as judges go... shoot for yourself (not the judges) and remember that a judges opinion is only that a single opinion... nothing more, nothing less.

--- Frank ( http://www.gorga.org/blog )