Hi James,
I like your previous photography, but I'm struggling with these shots. Julie is an evocative subject, but I don't really get what you're trying to say with these images.
The first shot gives me a hint, and since your explanation about her relationship with her birds I understand it a little better. but it required you to say that before I understood it. Perhaps if the shot was of her interacting with her bird or even looking at it, it might have conveyed that without needing to be described?
As for the second shot, I struggle with this one the most. Perhaps it's because she looks so uncomfortable in her own environment?
I hope my thoughts are taken well, as I find you one of the more interesting photographers on here
