Great Gray Owl

[Sarah Jessup]

This owl photographed yesterday with Nikon D300, 500 mm lens at f/4, 1/200 sec.
Cropped from horizontal. Raining gently.

[Andrew Merwin]

I like this image. I like the leading lines to the owl, the BG & the tree itself. A good environmental shot.

[Jamie Strickland]

very nice Sara, I really like the tree as well, not much to change here from my point of view, maybe a bit more dof to get more of the tree sharper

[David Gancarz]

It must have been a thrill to get this photo! Its a very nice composition, although I can't say I especially like the pastel green background. Very nice, indeed.

[Sarah Jessup]

The background was actually a meadow of wildflowers.

[thijs broekkamp]

Very nice picture, lot's of space, i like it very much. Maybe a bit darker?

[Danny J Brown]

Sarah - I agree with David that your heart must have skipped a beat when you walked up on this critter. Such a big face with close-set eyes. Good work taking advantage of a great wildlife in habitat setting. Your composition is very nice as well. It will be fun to see more shots from Idaho, such a beautiful place.

DB

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very cool find, I like the perch, composition and BG. I took the midtones to 0.95 and sharpened the bird a bit more.

[Jan Wegener]

awesome image. I like Axel's repost.
The bird is so cool for this kind of bird :)
congrats :)

[Craig Brelsford]

Sarah, I like your work in the field and Axel's work on the computer. Must have been a thrill. Nice work.

[Joe Senzatimore]

I like the original as I find the repost a bit too contrasty. I think it lost the mood you captured in the first one.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very beautiful composition and I love the pose, BG and killer pose. Love this just the way it is presented. Just awesome !!!

[Mike Milicia]

Great perch and pose, excellent comp, and gorgeous BG!
Congrats on a wonderful image!

I like what Axel did regarding the midtones but may have oversharpened a bit for my taste

[christopher galeski]

very nice Sarah,nice BG,good comp,thanks.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Love the overall feel of the image, and the habitat is superb. I may have opted for more DoF?