Burrowing Owl Against Desert Colors

[Doug Brown]

I visited a local Burrowing Owl colony yesterday hoping to find owlets outside the burrows. No such luck, but I did manage to get a few nice flight frames. Burrowing Owls are difficult flight subjects because they fly fast, low to the ground, and for short distances. Looking forward to visiting the colony a few more times this week. Happy Monday everyone!

Canon 1Dx, 600 mm + 1.4x, f/5.6, 1/3200, ISO 800, manual exposure, hand held

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, exquisite light, and what a great flight pose showing the full wingspread, and with a slight head turn. The colours of the BG compliment the Owl nicely. Hope you get to see the Owlets.

[Joe Subolefsky]

Nice really like the head turn and sharpness of the face. Shame you had not got down a little lower and made the entire BG the muted mix of colors as in the top half.

[Karl Egressy]

Classic banking pose with nice head turn. The IQ and the two-tone background are excellent, Doug.

[Joseph Przybyla]

I like it, beautiful little owl. Love the complimenting colors of the desert background and the owl. Thank you for sharing.

[Mike Poole]

just about perfect Doug. Great wing spread with a little head turn, beautiful light and killer background. Top marks from me

[Bill Dix]

Fabulous. Rare to see one like this. Such tough birds to get in flight, and this with great head turn and wing spread. And lovely bg. No nits from me.

[Raybel Robles]

WOW! what an amazing image. Lovely top side look with great focus and killer BG. Superb stuff.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the banking pose, IQ, details, composition and sweet BG really compliments the owl. A real beauty Doug!

[David Salem]

Wow is right! ! A beautiful flight frame in all respects.. Great capture Doug..

[arash_hazeghi]

what an excellent frame of the cute BO. my fav. owl, and one of the toughest birds to get in flight for sure. wish this frame was mine

[christopher galeski]

its all been said,a magic image.

[Glenn Conlan]

Great banking pose Doug with nice BG and Sharp! Funny we were both shooting the same variety of raptor at the same time with hundreds of miles between us

[Marina Scarr]

Killer flight pose and surely NOT an easy owl to capture in flight.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the comments everyone! Much appreciated!