American Coot

Dan, this is a nice portrait with a good reflection. Is this really only 15% of original? if so, at ISO 1600, I'm amazed how little noise there is. exposure looks good--the bill looks bright, but not bad. I think that if it were mine I would back off the crop a bit.

It's always interesting to see a different composition with a common bird. Nicely done. It looks like you could have back the ISO down to 800 and reduced the slight brightness on the bird's right flank and maybe toned down the bill a bit as well. I had no idea you could shoot at ISO that high and crop that heavily with the 5D. Impressive.

Nice detail and comp here Dan. To me the image is a bit contrasty and looks over sharpened on the bird. I would back off on both if this were mine.