Owl in nest

[arash_hazeghi]

Here is another Burrowing owl image. He was hiding in the nest with his head barely visible above the grass carefully monitoring the surroundings. The natural camouflage helps the owl blend in this enviroment seamlessly





1D4 700mm f/5.6 1/3200sec ISO 1250

[Sachin Saraf]

Beautiful Light and excellent eye contact...perfect as always

[Melissa Groo]

Excellent Arash! Love the golden light and tones, the staredown, and the comp. Might consider lightening the one dark patch behind the head, my eye keeps going to it.

[Grace Scalzo]

Sweet image, Arash. The eyes draw me right in to the image.

[Marina Scarr]

Very well seen and executed, Arash. The light and colors are stunning, and you have a lot of details here.

[Rachel Hollander]

Beautiful light, tones and details. Congrats!

TFS,
Rachel

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Arash, excellent detail and the light is awesome. I like the line of OOF foliage in the FG.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Arash,

Greetings. Great eyes (both bird & for seeing this). My taste would be for slightly less magenta.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Kiran Poonacha]

I like the setting here Bhai.. nice feel.. cheers

[gail bisson]

I really like the comp on this one with the extra room on the right. The light is great,
Gail

[Jeff Dyck]

Beautiful image Arash - great eye contact and beautiful warm light. I agree with Melissa on the dark OOF area over the bird's left eye. Well done.

[rajandesai]

Nice light, very sharp, great stare. Love it.
I might be tempted to crop little bit from right to center the subject. That would also get rid of that yellowish flower (?). Just a thought.

[jack williamson]

Beautiful light and sharp as a tack. ( as usual)

Jack

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Arash, well executed. loved the low angle, comp, light and details. Good thing about owls is that you can shoot at wider apertures for the head-on pose and get nice BG blur like here. If mine, I'd add some more room at top.

[dankearl]

Wicked close up, Arash, and I also like the comp you chose. It feels very intimate.

[christopher galeski]

very nice,love the light,good detail.well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

thanks everyone for nice comments/suggestions

[Doug Brown]

Love the sweet light, sharpness, and tight crop.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great warm light and low angle. the eyes jump right out.