One final image of a Northern Pygmy Owl

[gail bisson]

This image is probably my favorite of this little owl. Of course, after spending the day with him, he chose the nicest perch shortly before sunset on a cloudy day. Every shot after this was at an ISO of 3200-yuk.
You can see the dried blood from the shrew shown in the previous image.
Not baited or lured.
Canon 1Dx 600mm and 1.4 x
SS 1/30 ISO 1600 F 5.6
Crop to ~80% FF
Minimal PP bit did clone out some specular highlights in BG on RHS.Lots of NR to BG and I also ran a layer of tonal contrast( all sliders moved to -50) to the BG to try and avoid the "dreaded posterization"
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Have a good week-end everyone,
Gail