Burrowing Owl Chick

[Joseph Przybyla]

Dottie and I got home yesterday from our annual pilgrimage to southwest Florida to photograph the Burrowing Owls. This image was captured on Marco Island. Interesting and surreal, I was sitting on the ground at the edge of the road at a vacant house lot. As I looked around I was surrounded by million dollar homes/vacation homes and a canal with multi-hundred thousand dollar yachts. These owls have chosen expensive digs to make home. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/1000 F/8 Matrix Metering +1 EV ISO 1400 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC
Cropped for composition and presentation

[John Robinson]

Hi Joe
Perky looking fella !! Looks like he's trying to work something out too !!
Thought about a vertical crop ?
Just a thought
John

[John Rowell]

Nice capture Joe, maybe this fellow is annoyed because his family was there long before the million dollar houses. Nicely sharp image, I love those legs. Overall, your image seems a bit bright to me and I suggest at least toning down the foreground sand. Glad your trip to Marco was a winner.

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Joseph,
nice expression you caught here and fine details. Agree with toning down the sand. Maybe crop a little from the right.
Allen