Dancing in The Rain - Part II

[Loi Nguyen]

I had posted an image earlier of a Burrowing Owl spreading his wings to bath in the rare out-of-season rain in Salton Sea, California. This is his buddy/mate from the same location, a little bit higher and had beautiful background. I didn't notice him at first until my wife pointed out that he was also doing the dance.

Canon 1DX
700mm
1/1600
f5.6
ISO-3200
Beanbag over window.
took a sliver off bottom to remove a distracting rock and a sliver off the right hand side/

Thank you for your comments. Much appreciated.

Loi

[shane shacaluga]

I really like how the owl appears to be hanging on to the only bit of green left!! "MY PRECIOUSSSS!" springs to mind :)

Good detail on the face and the eye really draws you in.

Nice bit of blue in the BG showing off the rain

TFS

[Karl Egressy]

Nice image, Loi. I like the pose and the green and dry vegetation around.

[Randy Stout]

Loi:

I really like the story telling here,nice colors, strong sense of habitat without overpowering the bird.

I could see moving him a bit more to the right in the frame.

Cheers

Randy

[Richard Flack]

Lovely image Loi, awesome background and it really captures the moment. TFS

[Jeannean Ryman]

Very cool shot Loi! I like your other too (had to go back and look for it).

[Robert Kimbrell]

Nice capture, He looks great in that setting. A very attractive image.

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image with wonderful color pallet.Very nice pose ,wing spread, HA, habitat and composition.

Regards,
Satish.