Flammulated Owl

[Rick Bowers]

Flammulated Owl in nest hole - Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA May

10D, 600, 1/125 sec; f/9; ISO 400 550EXII

[Doug Brown]

Nice find! Those are really small owls. Did you use flash for this frame? I like the detail in the owl but the OOF vegetation detracts from your subject IMO; you might try desaturating it a bit and adding some vignetting to the image.

[Satish Ranadive]

Rick,
This is superb image of cute owl, well camouflaged with tree texture. Agree about detracting OOF vegetation.
I have cloned the vegetation in photoscape. Darkened the image slightly and recroped. I hope you don't mind and you will like it.



Regards,
Satish.

[Lyle Gruby]

Very nicely done re-post by Satish. I'd love to see one of these owls in person. I'd really tone down the watermark. It pulls too much attention away from the beautiful subject IMO.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice image of this rare owl. Satish's repost is my preference too

[Martin Dunn]

The textures of the tree bark and the plumage of the owl compliment each other very well.
The green foliage is a big distraction and the repost from Satish removes it nicely. I would perhaps like to move the owl a little bit away from the centre but don't know how much cropping you did.

[Richard Flack]

Awesome image. Also prefer the repost. Thanks for sharing