Juvenile Burrowing Owl on cactus skeleton

[Ian Cassell]

Canon 7D
Canon 500mm f/4 v1

Crop for comp and sharpening in CS5

1/6400 sec f/4 ISO 800

I didn't realize my ISO was up so high until after I took the image.

[Grant Yang]

Good composition and wing position, tack sharp and a nice background. Well done.

[keith mitchell]

Hello Ian, the high ISO does not seem to have had a detrimental effect on the image in fact it looks to have worked very well, interesting looking perch to add interest to a great looking image.

Keith.

[arash_hazeghi]

lovely landing pose, BG is nice but is a bit noisy. the head is OOF and soft however. Focus missed and locked on the perch/far wing

TFS

[Richard Flack]

Super shot and unique position! (Rest has been said). Thanks for sharing this one.

[Satish Ranadive]

Beautiful landing pose. Interesting perch with color complimenting with juvenile's colors, nice BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Quite a unique shot, Ian, and one where a square comp makes perfect sense.
I like the perch a lot and the dual toned bg is really nice. I'd run NR on the bg.
Was this a setup? Is the bird looking for food in hollow perch?
I'd sharpen the head and eye a bit more.
Looking forward to more.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Great action but the head is not quite sharp (compare to the perch and foot) otherwise very nice.