The last couple of days I was crawling around on the ground capturing images of Florida Burrowing Owls. So precious these tiny treasures of nature, an adult measuring about 9 inches tall. The trip exposed positive and negative emotions. Positive in that many/ most survived Hurricane Irma. Negative in that on Marco Island two of my go to locations now have houses being constructed. The fight between nature and the progress of man. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image capture at 400mm
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 360 Auto2 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation