just 1 more and u have viewsonic!
this is critique corner
even i, night86mare, the kopitiam maharajah do not come in and try to turn this into kopitiam hor
"nice focused subject with blurred background" - to do this you have many ways to throw the background out of focus
1) open up aperture, i.e. use a smaller f-stop number this is the most straightforward way
2) increase distance of subject from background - probably not possible in this case, as you would have to transplant the birds' perch to somewhere further away from the foilage in the background
3) use a longer focal length - but this will also change perspective, and might be harder to execute depending on environment, since you will have to stand further back to get roughly same composition
an alternative is post-processing, but this must be done properly to ensure that the photo looks convincing, and not "photoshopped"; yes you can overphotoshop
based on exif data, you have used 14mm, but i seriously doubt this info, because quite sure this is not in 35mm film terms, since you are using a fujifilm 8000fd, doubt it has 14mm wide angle range or i would have heard of it, no doubt
can't really tell what focal length you used, does anyone know?
but educational ranting aside,
i must say i like this photo, though you should take whatever i say with a pinch of salt, since i have had no experience shooting birds, nor do i have any photographs of birds
it would possibly benefit from the background being more blurred but not sure if will seem unnatural then, i'll try using ps 2 later to pp and then post the picture up
but otherwise, the composition is good , the subject grabs attention but is not placed smack in the centre, a common mistake made by many
it is a good moment, the right bird has closed eyes and the left bird is "grooming" it, i like the feel and theme of "friendship amongst animals" here
focus also seems fine to me, most importantly you have grabbed focus on the eyes, which is good. if anything almost any shot of a living thing which is an animal or insect, focus on eyes is first and foremost
but one thing i would like better would be to see the legs of the right bird - you have chopped it off quite abruptly, so gives a very uncomfortable feeling
but i would also consider this comment slightly on the nitpicking side
good job! =)