Burrowing Owl

[James Salywoda]

Burrowing Owl
Salton Sea, Calif.


I took a lot of shots of this cooperative Owl earlier in the year and was working some images from the past and thought I would share this one.....

Nikon D300 AFS 600 F4 1.4TC

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Gal Shon]

Light, sharpness, color, pose, eye contact and BG are great.
Good exposure, though the whites on the face are at the edge. on my monitor.
I think that a higher shooting angle would improve.

[Connie Mier]

Sweet pose, and I sure like the bg. I also like the angle. I only wish the perch was more attractive, maybe crop more of it out and take a bit more off the right.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

What a great and unusual pose James. Congrats! Love the tonalities all around. Well done mate. :)

[denise ippolito]

James, Beautiful pose and details. I like the color tones and the clean BG. Very nicely done.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Love everything about this. One of my favorite birds.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely image James with compo , expo , BG , sharpness spot on , I wish it was mine :)
TFS

[david cramer]

Great light and detail, and such a unique pose.

[Doug Brown]

I like the earthen perch and the red color of perch and BG. Interesting pose and good sharpness. I might tone down some of the whites on the face. Salton Sea?

[Joerg Rockenberger]

LOL. What a stare. Nice sharpness, pose and exposure. I would probably crop more from the bottom to have less of the perch visible. JR

[Stu Bowie]

Hi James, if looks could kill - I like the pre take off pose, and the detail is sharp throughout. Lovely complimentary colours in the BG too. How I wish for only one image of an owl, any owl.

[Lorant Voros]

Complementary fore- and background, interesting pose and great sharpness. This is a killer image, James. Congratulations.

[James Salywoda]

Salton Sea?

Thanks all for the nice comments... Yes Salton Sea

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved this James, good stare, lovely light and very complmenting FG and Bg, congrats..

[arash_hazeghi]

Looks like this fellow just woke up to say hi, love everything about this, warm saturated colors and great sharpness. Congrats

[Morkel Erasmus]

just love the low angle and the stare Jim - great light too...

[Chris van Rooyen]

Killer image: posture, light, sharpness, background - all on the money!

[Karl Egressy]

Interesting pose, nice details, and lovely colour background, James.

[David Fletcher]

Cracking good shot Jim. Love the whole look, and the eye contact is spectacular.

[Danny Laredo]

Brilliant capture James. Love the pose and eye contact. Sweet light and BG too.