Burrowing Owl

[Robert Holguin]

Hello everyone here is a pic of this owl that I photographed during the early part of summer. Alost FF cropped some from the top and sides.
C&C welcomed and encouraged.
Nikon 300s l Nikon 300 F4 w/1.7 tc l ISO 400 l 1/1000 l F8 l Multi Segment l Manual l HH.

[Satish Ranadive]

Robert,
Marvelous portrait.Very nicely exposed beautiful brown and whites with superb sharp details.I like the shadows in the eyes with catch light and
Smooth background.Love the head turn and his/hers eyes.

Regards,
Satish.

[christopher galeski]

nice portrait,nice details.thanks.

[Ofer Levy]

Sweet pose, sharp with good detail. Looks a bit on the bright side to me and I would crop a bit tighter to leave out the part of the leg.

[Karl Egressy]

Very nice portrait shot, Robert. The sharpness and details are excellent, so is the background.

[Michael Zajac]

Robert, Nice and sharp. I agree it looks light. Maybe a curve adj or contrast?

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful details, and I like the vertical comp. Love the BG, although the paler streak in URC could be toned down. The image as a whole could be darkened a bit too, I agree. Pretty intense stare!!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Robert, who is staring at who in this image. Excellent detail, especially on the bill, and If I had to darken anything, I would probably tone down the eyes just a touch.

[Robert Holguin]

Thank you all very much for all the comments and advice. Here is repost. I adjusted the levels and cropped a little tighter as per Ofer.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Very nice Robert, I do like the second one a bit better. Looks a bit 'red' on my monitor, but it could be just my monitor since I'm not on the one that I edit on.

[Randy Rimland]

i like the repost better

[Josh Clark]

Great head on stare and eye contact. I like the repost better as well.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

I actually like the crop in the OP more. personal taste. Good improvement on the brightness front in the repost. In the OP, the iris does seem a bit too bright.

Well done positioning yourself for the BG and then nailing the head turn. Nice strong tight composition.

[Bill Dix]

Great owl portrait. The levels adjustment helped in the repost, and I think I prefer the second crop but a fine shot in either case.

[Sanjeevprakash]

Nice portrait of the Owl,Robert.The re-post is bang on and looks great.TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

repost is super well done!

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent portrait & great IQ. Repost is much better IMO.

[Robert Holguin]

Thank you all very much for all the comments. Much appreciated.