Juvenile Burrowing Owl

[arash_hazeghi]

Here is another juvi BO frame from NM. we photographed these owls with Doug. The owlets were quite active and gave us some nice flight opportunities



1D-X 600 II + 1.4X III. ISO 1600. f/5.6 at 1/3200sec. Hand held. processed with DPP 4.3

hope you like it

[Gerald Gardebled]

Good shot with a nice background!

[Colin Driscoll]

I do like it! Perfect background and light on the bird.

[Doug Brown]

Love that maximum wings down pose Arash!

[Steve Kaluski]

Sweet Arash, agree with Doug about the wings downward pose.

TFS
Steve

[Bill Dix]

Excellent downwing pose. I've never had an opportunity to try these guys in flight, but I'm guessing they don't make it easy. Great bg. I know these birds tend to be somewhat desert-colored, but I wonder if just a bit of black added to neutrals on the bird might give him more pop.

[dankearl]

Nice pose as mentioned, maybe a bit of a head turn towards you would taken this up a bit...
I like the size of the bird in the frame, about perfect for me.

[gail bisson]

Great BG and perfedct wing down position,
I feel this image needs a bit more "pop". The owl seems a bit washed out.
I wonder if you added a couple of points of black to the neutrals would do the trick.

[Marina Scarr]

I've never seen the BO with the wings down this far! The 2-tone BG works well here. I don't disagree with Gail about a tad more pop or maybe a slightly tighter crop.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Great wing extension, Arash. Beautiful light and very nice BG.




Geoffrey

[Mike Poole]

Superb wings down pose over a great 2 tone BG. Another killer frame in my opinion

Mike

[arash_hazeghi]

thanks everyone, the colors look natural to me but here is a repost with slight contrast increase

[David Salem]

I like the first one best. I thought it looked natural too. Love the down wings pose and the green BG. Sweet BO in flight frame Arash!

[gail bisson]

Hmmm...now that I see this with more contrast I have to say I prefer the OP.
Gail