Cockeyed Burrowing Owlet

[Marina Scarr]

Can't wait to photograph these owlets again this season. They are simply so much fun to watch and photograph. This is one of my favorites from last year. They simply have SO much personality and can be very comical. This was photographed in horizontal and cropped to vertical.

Canon 1D3, Canon 100-400
F6.3, 1/2000sec, ISO 400, manual mode
Handheld down on the ground

C & C always welcomed and much appreciated.

Marina Scarr
www.marinascarrphotography.com (http://www.marinascarrphotography.com)

[Sachin Saraf]

Marina, you captured a very nice pose...Beautiful BG, light and details.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Marina, what a pose. perfect shooting angle to get that sweet BG. I'd crop it differently though...keep the owl a little to the right of the center line.

those eyes are quite spooky.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot. I just love the pose, wonderful background especially with the flowers, excellent detail, great light, and I agree about the eyes being spooky.
Very well done.

[Melissa Groo]

Love it, Marina. Really like the IQ, BG and textures of the feathers. Wonderful head tilt. I'm with Kaustubh on the crop, for some reason I feel like that head tilt direction calls for more room on left than right but that is perhaps a very subjective thing.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Marina! I like the interesting pose, IQ, setting and eyes.

[Morkel Erasmus]

love the low angle and cocked head here Marina
nice colours throughout too
have you looked at a tighter crop from the top?

[Jack Breakfast]

Hey Marina! This is one damned good shot and to boot you are blessed to have such birds in your life! That's it! I'm moving to F-L-A!

[arash_hazeghi]

what a cool pose Marina!

[dankearl]

A nice different pose. I also think a bit off the top would look nice.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and eye contact.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I love it and can't wait myself. It will be my first encounter and i am soo excited. Great head tilt, composition and bg as well as the little flowers. Nice light in the eyes to. I am curious, what are the blue spots near the foot? flowers?

[Arno Ellmer]

Great capture,Marina ! The cocked head is so comical and you captured it so well!

[gail bisson]

Hi Marina, The BG is terrific. It is so hard to get a nice BG with these guys. I love the cocked head and the flowers. I would love for you to post a version with more room on the left although I do like this composition. Great IQ as always,
Gail

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

As usual your work is an inspiration!

Very nice looking owl and love the habitat. The eyes of this guy are something else!

[D. Robert Franz]

So cute.... Great BG and light