I'm quite happy with how his came out.

After years and years of avoiding backlighting, I specifically took this shot *because* it was backlit. It's part of a 10 photo challenge from a photography training course I recently completed.

@zkarj woahhh that looks heavenly

I thought it was some 3d render at first, or a painting
@writeblankspace thanks. Your 3D comment is interesting. One of my goals in processing the photo is to make the bird 'pop off the page' so I guess I accomplished that.