One of Mom

[Ziggy]

Another one from Saturday.

[bje07]

nice portrait, IMO you should decrease BG saturation

[Shadowman]

Nice shot.

[RandyRFJP]

Great photo, Jim, as is also your shot of her offspring.

[Ziggy]

Thanks John and Randy.

Jean, tried to tone the background colors a little. Appreciate the feedback.

[Wavelength]

Very lively appearance

[Wandjina]

Nice photo Jim. Have you considered cloning out the twig that is hanging from the right shoulder? Also the background is very busy. It could be darkened and a bit of gaussian blur applied to make animal "pop" a little

[Dave Humphries]

Perhaps a little Clarity (aka LCE) on the subject alone Jim?

Might also stand a tad more very fine radius (0.3px), low threshold (0 or 1) USM sharpening applied after downsizing for web upload.

Good capture though, Dave

[Craigie]

Nice image Jim, I agree with martin regarding twig on the right shoulder.

[madcrow]

Nice image.

[bnnrcn]

The second edit looks better and very nice , the twig is better to go

[Ziggy]

Thanks all for the comments and the great critique on this image. It is appreciated and very helpful.

I will give it a go to reduce the impact the background has and remove the twig. These guys always have something hanging on them this time of year.