Barn owl

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 7D canon 500mm f4 L IS&1.4TC Mk1 ISO 400 -0.33 1/1600 sec f5.6
A little more sharpening than the previous image. All C&C welcome.

[Jack Breakfast]

I love the owl in those honeygolds. I would remove the skybar at top, as I find it distracts from the otherwise perfectly-complimentary color palette...

[Miguel Palaviccini]

I think you have enough IQ to get a little bit of a tighter crop. I like it right now, but would love to see it with a bit chopped off all sides :) sky bar doesn't bother me too much, but maybe a version without it is worth a look?

[Diane Miller]

I usually prefer a tighter crop but the composition here is pleasing and the owl really pops out -- the sky echoes the blues in the owl, so for me it fits well. Maybe, if you choose to crop, you could do with a little less of it.

Great light!

[Bonnie Block]

Yes, I like this crop. Beautiful image. The sky gives the image a sense of place—and helps relay the story.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely image, light and environmental feel. I like your placement of the owl but would consider recropping your image something like this if you have pixels.

[Jamie Douglas]

Lovely image, light and environmental feel. I like your placement of the owl but would consider recropping your image something like this if you have pixels.

I think Marina has taken this up a notch with her repost but that's just my tastes. Another sweet image Jonathan.

Jamie

[Satish Ranadive]

Jonathan:
Wonderful acrobatic pose you have captured.Great complimentary BG colors.I like the composition in re post by Marina.
Love the golden feel in the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[Ivan Ellison]

Gorgeous image Jon, such wonderful colours and light, just shows you do not need the bird big in the pic to make a special shot such as this.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thank you for the C&C everyone, very much appreciated.