Juvenile Florida Burrowing Owl

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image in Cape Coral, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/1600 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1800 Auto WB, image captured at 400mm (600mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed using Lightroom Classic, and Topaz Photo AI
Cropped slighly for composition and presentation

[Randy Stout]

Joe:

Excellent shooting angle, very fun pose, esp. like the splayed foot. The tiny flowers add a nice soft pop of color. I might consider sharpening the face a tiny bit more. Nicely exposed.

Well done

Cheers

Randy

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Joe .. love the image .
Subject super cute and the expression in combo with the stretched wing is priceless !!!
Subject nicely separated from the BG .
Personal taste ... I would go cooler in the WB , as everything seems to have a yellowish tint . And it does not appear as sunlit scene ... but I might be well wrong

Nice work and TFS Andreas

[William Dickson]

Nice one Joe.....Love seeing that splayed talon with good detail.....Great pose and the angry looking eye......I agree with Andreas about going a wee bit cooler....

Will

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super shot, my initial reaction was that it looked a little too yellow overall.