I like the dark sky, but the bird and tree are a little over-processed, and there's a bit of a halo going on with the stump that the bird is sitting on. (voted earlier)
Nice shape and form to the subject. Very nice dark sky. I think overall the photo is over sharpened. It has that great western American desert feel and the harsher lighting was dealt with nicely.
A good bird pose. The sky appears to be one tone. Might have looked more natural with a smooth or natural gradient. I might have composed the scene differently, with bird and stump less center middle. Overall, the light is pretty harsh and coming from directly overhead. Detail is good, but seems stressed by the postprocessing.
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