I see You

[Robert Holguin]

Hello everyone.
Here is shot of this burrowing owl that kept a close look on me. Never really came out of it's burrow.
C&C welcomed and encouraged.
Nikon 300s l Nikon 300 2.8 w/ 1.4 tc l ISO 500 l F8 l 1/160 l Multi Segment l Manual l HH.

[vishaljadhav]

Robert
This is a interesting composition, i love it
the eyes are nicely in focus, the colors are wonderful and the bg is plain and smooth, looks super to the eye
i really like the way you thought making this composition, very unique

[Doug West]

That foreground is really bugging me...it's too powerful and draws me away from
the owl. Cropping out at least half of it might help. Everything else is great.

Doug

[Randy Stout]

Robert:

The owl is great, with intense stare, sharp.

THe foreground is interesting. When I first saw it I thought he was looking through water.

I might consider a couple of tweaks to the foreground. Cropping as Doug suggested is an option, and I could also see the brightness and contrast toned down so it isn't so overpowering.

Cheers

Randy

[Mike Landwehr]

Robert, such an intense stare! I like the clean BG, and love the reflection of the sunrise in the owl's eyes. Very sharp. However, the OOF foreground is a significant distraction for me :)

[Satish Ranadive]

Robert:
This magnificent image.Great owl behind some thing??...Don't know what is. Very nice colors and details.
If mine I would crop top and bottom.
Love the eyes and wonderful reflection of morning sun.

Regards,
Satish.

[Robert Holguin]

Thank you all very much for all the comments.
Satish - it's a dirt mound from it's burrow.

Here is repost.

[Diane Miller]

Love this one!!

I'd go ahead and crop the top halfway down to the head -- it's such an unusual image anyway, go for the in-the-face look! The negative space up there isn't making any contribution.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Robert, whilst scrolling down your image as it was opening, and before reading any of the comments, I had this in mind.

[Bill Dix]

Great light and detail. Superb stare. I guess you could get as many crop suggestions as there are commenters. I might have gone for your pane #7 with half taken off the oof bottom and half taken off the empty top. No matter how you slice it, it's an image worth playing with.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and eye contact.

[Robert Holguin]

Thank you all very much.

[Girish Prahalad]

Hi Robert - the repost works very well. great job with focusing. love the IQ, pose & light.

[Peter Seidel]

Terrific - very intense pose. There are a few of these near where I live but thusfar haven't had any luck getting good shots. Some day.

I may lessen the empty space above the head just a bit, but otherwise wouldn't change anything.

Pete