A cute dancer

[arash_hazeghi]

Juvenile Burrowing owl showing off his skills! The owlets are most cute and playful



shot with EOS 1DX EF600mm f/4 IS II. ISO 400, 1/3200sec at f/5.6. hand held from Dave Salem's vehicle. I hope you like it.

[MohsenVahedipour]

What a lovely pose Arash. Excellent light & IQ with perfect eye contact. TFS


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[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Tack sharp, clear detail and perfect BG Arash! Cute pose too! well done on a nice shot!

[Iain Barker]

Fantastic image Arash. Great detail. I love the eye contact.

[vishaljadhav]

Visiting the forum after some days, this one got a smile to my face Arash,
Lovely details and amazing pose captured, the eyes make this image a killer.

[David Salem]

Great looking frame Arash. Looks like there was a bit of a breeze that evening and it's enjoying the wind running thru it's wings. The direct stare with the lit eyes, the creamy BG and that great evening light make for a real beauty. Well done and see ya down here in a few days.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Ari, tack sharp, and love the eye contact. Well timed to capture the outspread wings, and the little fellow pops nicely against that smooth BG. Well captured.

[Nancy Bell]

Stunning! The outstretched wing pose, large yellow eyes looking straight at you, awesome feather detail, soft mottled bkgd, good perch, all perfect!

[mohammad reza shahab]

Excellent pose,light and IQ.perfect eye contact.

[gail bisson]

Hi Arash,
Great pose and IQ. i also like the light.
I would crop up from the bottom to get rid of some of the OOF rock in the FG.
The owlet's pose makes a pano crop a good choice,
Gail

[dankearl]

I agree with Gail's crop suggestion.
iso400 with you is cheating........

[arash_hazeghi]

Hi Arash,
Great pose and IQ. i also like the light.
I would crop up from the bottom to get rid of some of the OOF rock in the FG.
The owlet's pose makes a pano crop a good choice,
Gail

Thanks Gail, I did try a pano crop but it didn't look right to my eye. It's a tiny owl and I don't want to exaggerate his wingspan

best

Arash

[Shawn Zierman]

Strong image, excellent eye contact and what a pose! Light quality does not get much better....Usually your PS work is without flaw, however on this one, there is clearly some funky PS gone wrong in the lower left corner, most noticeable right above the far right hand side rock....? Looks like an easy fix of course...just sayin.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks Shawn, there was no PS work on the rock.

Thanks again everyone.

[keith mitchell]

Arash I can't add a lot but it looks about perfect to me.

Keith.

[Bob Smith]

Wow, you know the image is smack on for focus when even the strands of fluffy down are as sharp as we see here. This little fellow has so much character and capturing that with a photograph is a special achievement.

[supreet.sahoo]

Absolutely stunning pose and lighting here, loved it to bits Arash!!