IMG_1371 by patientx2000, on Flickr
IMG_1369 by patientx2000, on Flickr
DPP_0007 by patientx2000, on Flickr
I'm very critical of my own shots, where i am quite pleased with these, what are your thoughts?
Well the first two are crackers , and I definitely wouldn't have thought it was your first set of BIF. The third has too messy a background and the wings are clipped.
For your first go at BIF you have done well, number 2 is my favourite. Captive birds are great for practice and the results can be well worthwhile, well done
Number 3 is rather underexposed, you could possibly pull this back a bit in PP, if you can, and recover some more detail, even with the wings clipped it could become an interesting shot.