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    Hi All,

    After months of trying I finally got what I wanted, several times in fact.

    What a day!...The weather was pants up until the afternoon when the clouds finally parted and the Owl's came out to play.

    Funny to see the Owl listening to the shutter going off, I could of watched him for hour's bobbing and weaving wondering what was hidden in the bushes.

    Hope you like it.

    Best Regards
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    this is great! nice clean perch and a beautiful BG. excellent details and light super eye contact. My only suggestion is that this beautiful image will look much better in a vertical than a square crop. you can do a perfect composition with the diagonal perch
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    Fantastic bg, perch, bird and eye contact. +1 to a vertical. Gorgeous image, either way.

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    This is beautiful. I vote for the vertical. Well exposed, sharp, great bg, great light.

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    gorgeous - would also love to see it as a vertical crop.

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    Beautiful bird (I've yet to get a decent Short Eared Owl image). Agree with Arash about going with a different crop. Please include your complete EXIF data along with your images.
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    Wow!!! Beautiful image. Love the soft light, great pose and perch, and excellent detail.
    Well done.

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    Hi All,

    Sorry but looks like I've deleted the original post by accident in replace of the below image, vertical position, hope you like it.




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    Cheers
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    repost is excellent as a final touch I'd move the owl a bit to the right to put it sightly off-centered! I wish this one was mine!!!
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