Florida Burrowing Owl (female)

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image of a Florida Burrowing Owl female on Marco Island, Florida. 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 EV +1 ISO 1400 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2014
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Great capture, Joe. I like the framing which includes what looks to be a portion of her burrow. Like all the detail. They're far to cute. Having not seen one in person, I would guess they put a smile on your face no matter how common they are.

Geoffrey




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[Alex Becker]

Hi Joseph, awesome sighting of this gal. I would be tempted to change the crop such that the bird is a bit more to the right if you have the room as I find it too centered as of now. Additionally, the image feels a little dark to me right now so perhaps add some exposure and see if that helps? This is a bird I really want to photograph so I'm quite jealous!