Are the two images the same or is it that you shot the same bird in different surroundings?

The first one- looks nice. I am fine with the composition. However, a little more overall brightness may be good. But then, the whites on the bird are a tad too bright for me. What is the exposure compensation? Given the fact that you shot this with the 18-55 lens, a very decent job indeed

The one in monotones- I personally like B&W images when there is a large variation in contrast of the image constituents. For a bird which is already white for the most part, I am not a big fan of B&W conversion. However, the setting looks nice..please do post the color version of this image

tfs