Owl Yawn... Florida Burrowing Owl

[Joseph Przybyla]

It was early morning on Marco Island, this owl had just scampered out of the burrow, stretched, and began to yawn. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 280 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Nice Image. I love the Yawing Pose. Thanks for sharing.

How big of a crop was this image ? Can you also share the uncropped version ?

[Daniel Cadieux]

As posted, I think about one inch less below and added above would work well. I love the angle you got on it, and a great view of the inside of the mouth - pretty neat.

[Glenn Pure]

Excellent moment of capture, Joe. Tack sharp with great tone and colour plus perfect background. Really interesting to see the inside of that mouth. Lighting has worked well here too. I think the composition works fine but could also see Daniel's suggestion working too. Great image! Thanks for sharing.

[Matt Shellenberg]

This yawning pose is great, Joe. Really nice detail.