Geese Facescape Composite (finito)

Well this is almost done now, I am so loaded with pastel and the light background is dropping down onto some lovely silky darks in the geese themselves, so I am going to have to 'nudge' the darks again.

I will very likely crop the outside boundaries, so the rough edges will not be a problem.

I did take out one of the bird's bodies and just left it a (head)peeping between two other geese, the body just did not read that well.
When in doubt, take it out huh?

I see maybe I need to work a little more on the texture of the white goose's face (to the bottom left), and then I think I can say it's a done deal!