I bet this guy never had such a nice portrait taken of him before. Love the way your lighting brings out all his rich textures. I also appreciate the choice of background and vignette in this type of shot.
I like the coppers and reds and how they contrast with the background tones.
Subject is great but the lighting seems too harsh and subject too centrally located.
i like this image. if there would of been more contract between background and bird I think it would of fared better in the challenge and i would of scored it higher.