Burrowing Owl

[Kester Clarke]

Taken as this female BO adjusted herself on her perch.

7D II, 500f/4L, f/5.6, 1/1600, ISO500
cropped to about 75%, basic lightroom adjustments, detail extracter, dfine, smart sharpen.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very ice! She looks so non-chalant up there. Neat balancing act, I love the foot clutching the dry twig. The leafy perch is pretty darn cool. I think adding a touch more on both sides, would work well too.

[David Cowling]

Super wing spread. Caught at exactly the right moment. Techs look excellent. Just a pity about the one small leaf covering a small part of the tail feathers. No big deal though.

[Don Railton]

Hi Kester..

Quite beautiful.! Great BG, pose, timing, perch & execution... No Nits, even that one leaf does not bother me..

DON

[Marina Scarr]

Great attitude on this BO. I like this b/c it's different..not the normal BO image. Vegetation, BG and pose work well!

[arash_hazeghi]

great wingspan with a nice BG and an atypical perch for a BO. I do wish the eye was fully open though.

TFS

[keith mitchell]

Apart from maybe a little bit more on each side(being picky) I do think that this is excellent, love the way the Owl is balancing on what looks like a very fine perch.

Keith.

[Gerald Gardebled]

Great picture!

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful capture. Perfect pose. Nice to see a BO image with a different BG and some greenery. Another vote for a little addition on each side, but no biggie.

[Kester Clarke]

Thanks for the kind comments. Here's an edit.

[Bill Dix]

Love it!

[David Salem]

The re-post looks great. Love the green amongst that nice mottled BG. The pose looks sweet and I like the details and eye color. Very nice.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Kester! I like the pose, perch, details and composition in the repost works for me.

[Robert Kimbrell]

A solid image, I like the unique perch, He look great on it. I like the open wings and a very nice background.

[William Dickson]

Fantastic capture. I love the way you got the owl balancing on the perch. The colours on the owl, blend great with the perch and BG.

Nice one

Will

[Geoffrey Montagu]

This is a beauty, Kester. Both the owl and the image. Like everything about this image, and what a difference adding a little more room makes. What a perfect moment captured.




Geoffrey

[Mike Poole]

Great shot with the wingspan Kester, and the RP is a nice improvement on an already very good shot

Mike

[Glenn Conlan]

Repost adds a lot to a great capture the dark BG and green shrub perch is very complimentary