I got this owl just a few miles from my house in Northwestern Wyoming. I was out looking at sheep with Dale Franz and always watching for the incidental otter or owl. When you get them, they are pretty easy to approach and photograph. You don't get to choose the perch or background very often, so I was very lucky that this guy perched where he did. I was able to bet several nice but different bg's on this one owl. Incidently, you can identify individuals by the different spot patterns on the forehead.
Excellent species. I kinda wish you had pointed your lens a little lower...or taken as vertical (did take some in that orientation too?). I would also darken the lower part of the perch. Otherwise this is pretty darn good :-)