Eastern Screech Owl ~ Red Morph

[Jim Fenton]

My D300 is back at Nikon and I went out for a ride at lunch time sort of lamenting that my appendage was at the Nikon hospital.

I had mounted my wifes D80 on my new 500 VR just in case I came across something and on this rather cloudy, dreary day...look what I found :)

I had to save this at a quality of 37, so it suffers from that.

Handheld, Nikon D80, 500 AFSVR, TC14EII, ISO 320, f 7.1, center weighted metering with -.07 EV compensation applied.

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Jim,

This is very nice. The yes close tells a lot about this owl. I like the contrast between the owl and the tree. Excellent capture.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Sorry to hear your camera already needs a repair. This owl certainly is a red morph. It seems to have a slight blue cast.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'd say it almost looks too saturated, but I've never seen a red morph Screech Owl so I can't really tell ;-) I must say it does look good against the grayish tree. What a cool looking cavity it chose!!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Sorry to hear your D300 is in hospital but hope you get it back quickly Jim. Wonderful find and I have not had the opportunity to see a red morph. Great capture and I love the contrsting colors. Thanks for sharing Jim.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Jim I like the image a lot !!! Can only add to crop a bit tighter from the sides

Sure hope your camera is back from the hospital soon !!!!!

[Taylor Yeager]

Lovely owl. Keep us posted if it has young!

Taylor

[Glenn Price]

What a great find, and excellent capture!

[Grace Scalzo]

Beautiful image.