Eastern Screech Owl

[Julien Brisson]

A special thanks to the Chickadees and White throated nuthatches who showed me the road up to this small owl !

C&C Much Appreciated.

Thank you very much and sorry for my english :w3

Canon 7D
1/125s f/6.3 at 420.0mm iso640
102560

[Don Leslie]

Great find and shot. Nice and sharp,and the background colour really makes the owl pop!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Julien, nice find indeed. I also like the BG. very sharp face. I'd have loved the body to be equally sharp...stopping down might have done that but light was clearly not there in the shade. Was moving the left possible?

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Sweet stuff. Cute expression nice color in the bg

[Doug Brown]

Love the eye contact with the Owl. The green BG is nice, but I'd tone down the bright part to the right of the tree at the bottom. I like Kaustubh's idea about moving to the left slightly in order to get the bird clear of the tree trunk. Normally I'd like more canvas at the bottom of the frame, but since it's OOF tree I think you made the right choice. Did you use flash?

[Arthur Morris]

Thank those little birds; what a great find. White-breasted Nuthatch is the correct name. :S3: Image nicely designed. Ditto Doug: flash?

[Mital Patel]

Excellent cute owl photography here.
everything possible said well here by seniors while i am enjoying the beauty exposed in frame.

[Julien Brisson]

Thank you very much for your comments and your good ideas. I used an external flash (580 exII) at -1 1/3 (weak). I have other photos with differents point of view that I will present later :S3: