Just another brick in the wall!

[John Robinson]

Little owl
Thought it was at least a bit different !(Nice if you like bricks !!)
This is just a small part of the barn wall where theywould emerge from. They had the choice of about 160 holes. It got like a game guessing which hole to look at !!This is one of the adults. At least the young used one row lower down.
D200
Sigma 100-300mm
800 ISO
50th sec@ f5.6
70% of frame
levels paint Shop Pro.
czm
Thanks for comments on my last post.
Cheers
John

[douglas hayes]

WOW-what great fun I'm sure u want multiple owls appearing

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Ha! Different, sweet, excellent. I like it a lot John.
Looks like a bit of CCW rotation wouldn't hurt.

[John Robinson]

Thanks Both
Sidhart- now you mention it !! trouble is it seem a bit more on the bottom so I 'll have to do some perspective messing too.Will do
Cheers
John

[Richard Unsworth]

Title of the year!

Great idea

[Andrew Merwin]

Well seen & captured. A fun image. TFS.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Johnny, fun image with the owl peering out one of the holes. Im fine with the rotation, its the guy who built the barn that needs to be sorted out.

[adrian dancy]

Just the kind of image I love John. Nice work.

[Holger Leyrer]

Hi John,

wonderful fun image You have a good eye for the szene. Compliment.

[Marina Scarr]

I absolutely love this image, Johnny, as well as your title. I pulled it into PS to see if there were any other obvious crop choices. It's a tough call. Is there any chance you could upload the original?

[gail bisson]

Well "scene" John!
I played with the comp a bit and I really like a version with a pano crop ( from the bottom) so that only 1 row of holes is visible .
In any case it is a fun shot and fun to look at,
Gail

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Sweet image Johnny. I like how you composed it making the little guy small in the frame yet I could also see it as a pano as Gail suggested.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all
Some one else suggested a piano crop on another orum so I,ll try it later.
I think Stuart got it right seriously. The barn was built about 1700 and in fact the bottom half has some funny bits level wise !
Thanks for looking.
John

[John Robinson]

Heres a pano crop. Not sure about this myself. See what others think.
Marina- there's not much difference on the original regarding the brick layers
Cheers
John

[Declan Troy]

Most excellent. A great example of an opportunity where avoiding going in for a close up was the better option.

[David Salem]

Cool shot, great title

[Andrew Merwin]

FWIW, I prefer the OP because the expanse of the brick wall extenuates the diminutive size of the owl.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all.
I think I agree . I like the first.Worth a try though.
Just realised -I didn't do any sharpening. They both look a bit soft now I,ve cleaned myglasses !!
Cheers
John

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Of the two, I prefer the original comp, John. But this is one of those images that I'd have fun trying different comps with. I suspect if you posted the original full frame image you'd be inviting a few reposts

[Marina Scarr]

Here is my favorite version after trying several. I think I just kept a little more on the bottom. I also like the original.

[John Robinson]

Looks good to me Marina. Thanks.
Spent about 3 hours last night looking for the original. Must have gone when I lost three months stuff a while back(lost it whilst backing up as well )
At least with this crop I can print two on one piece of paper!!!
Cheers
John

[Jim Crosswell]

Interesting image John! I like the OP the best.