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    Can't wait to photograph these owlets again this season. They are simply so much fun to watch and photograph. This is one of my favorites from last year. They simply have SO much personality and can be very comical. This was photographed in horizontal and cropped to vertical.

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    Marina, you captured a very nice pose...Beautiful BG, light and details.

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    Marina, what a pose. perfect shooting angle to get that sweet BG. I'd crop it differently though...keep the owl a little to the right of the center line.

    those eyes are quite spooky.

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    Wonderful shot. I just love the pose, wonderful background especially with the flowers, excellent detail, great light, and I agree about the eyes being spooky.
    Very well done.

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    Love it, Marina. Really like the IQ, BG and textures of the feathers. Wonderful head tilt. I'm with Kaustubh on the crop, for some reason I feel like that head tilt direction calls for more room on left than right but that is perhaps a very subjective thing.

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    Great image Marina! I like the interesting pose, IQ, setting and eyes.

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    love the low angle and cocked head here Marina
    nice colours throughout too
    have you looked at a tighter crop from the top?
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    Hey Marina! This is one damned good shot and to boot you are blessed to have such birds in your life! That's it! I'm moving to F-L-A!

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    what a cool pose Marina!
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    A nice different pose. I also think a bit off the top would look nice.
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    Beautiful portrait, great details and eye contact.

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    I love it and can't wait myself. It will be my first encounter and i am soo excited. Great head tilt, composition and bg as well as the little flowers. Nice light in the eyes to. I am curious, what are the blue spots near the foot? flowers?

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    Great capture,Marina ! The cocked head is so comical and you captured it so well!

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    Hi Marina, The BG is terrific. It is so hard to get a nice BG with these guys. I love the cocked head and the flowers. I would love for you to post a version with more room on the left although I do like this composition. Great IQ as always,
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    As usual your work is an inspiration!

    Very nice looking owl and love the habitat. The eyes of this guy are something else!

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    So cute.... Great BG and light

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