Standing Tall

[Loi Nguyen]

Another Burrowing Owl image with David Salem.

1DX
500f4 II + 1.4X III
1/1250
F5.6
ISO-400
BLUBB bean bag from car window.

Appreciate your comments.

Thank you

Loi

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Beautiful capture of the owl, love the colours and smooth BG. Wish the feet were more visible, good eye contact.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Awesome image Loi! Congrats, great IQ, eye contact and nice BG, I wish we could see the talons too, but no big deal really. Well done

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Loi,

Wonderful! The colors of the bg match very well with the owl. Very well presented vertically. Nice and upright :)

It's a western Burrowing Owl, right? They look just a tad bit different than what I've seen here in FL.

Miguel

[Marina Scarr]

Super alert pose and great details you acquired here, Loi. Wish I could see its feet but cool pose overshadows this. Yellows appear clipped, it's a bit bright and a tad oversharpened to my eyes.

[Loi Nguyen]

Everyone, thank you for your kind comments. Yes, too bad about the feet, but I'm happy to get the image.

Marina, for some reason, I boosted up the exposure in PP by 1/3 EV, perhaps I was doing PP on my lap top then. Also the image looks OK to me in higher resolution, but I agreed that it looks over-sharpened here. So I reduced the sharpening quite a bit here in the re-post.

Thanks

Loi

[Loi Nguyen]

Loi,

Wonderful! The colors of the bg match very well with the owl. Very well presented vertically. Nice and upright :)

It's a western Burrowing Owl, right? They look just a tad bit different than what I've seen here in FL.

Miguel

Yes, Miguel, this is a California Burrowing Owl. I would love to spend sometime in FL to see your Eastern Burowwing Owls. When and where would be the best time to see them? Thank you! Loi

[jack williamson]

The repost looks better, the colors are very nice. Love that direct stare.

[Robert Kimbrell]

Lori very nice colors sharpness, eyes and b/g.

[dankearl]

Repost is very nice, very good close up and very nice details.

[Grace Scalzo]

I love the stance, looks like he's challenging you. Nice rework. Great image to have in your files.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Very nice angle and the repost works for me. I'm OK with no talons in this case as the eyes are what grabs the attention.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hey hey! lovely owl, the repost is way an improvement and the direct eye contact makes for a very effective image, love it!

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi everyone, thank you very much for your comments. Much appreciated!

[David Salem]

Looks great Loi. Like the alert pose and the details look great. Well done. Went by Yesterday to visit them, looks like we have three pair.

[Karl Egressy]

"Another Burrowing Owl image with David Salem."
I don't see David on the picture. Sorry, just kidding.
Excellent image, putting it to the middle works here.

[Robert Holguin]

Sweet shot!!!
That pose is just terrific as is the stare.
Excellent feather detail and nice light.
Well done.

[Girish Prahalad]

love the alert pose & IQ. the centered comp works very well. overall a very good image

[Loi Nguyen]

Thank you for ll the feedback. Much appreciated. Loi