Florida Burrowing Owl

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image on Marco Island, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/1000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1/3 ISO 1100 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Raybel Robles]

Great portrait! all works perfectly here. Lovely details and nice clean BG.

[Juan Tolentino]

I love the background Joe, I prefer direct stares, but this one is a nice one. If it was mine I'd probably clean the right eye. Frame may need a little bit of CCW rotation (maybe). Thank you for sharing.

[Glenn Pure]

Excellent work Joe. I like the 'mean' look and slightly off-axis head turn. I agree with a small CCW rotation on this one. Wonderful detail and great colour. I wonder if this one could go a touch darker also, like your Jay post a few days ago - but wait to see what others say. Nice one.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing, commenting, and suggesting improvements. This edit and repost uses those suggestions. Exposure lowered and eyes leveled.

[Glenn Pure]

The repost looks better to my eye, Joe. However, as I say, I don't know this species in terms of colour and tone.