I photographed this owl in Madera Canyon, Arizona, May 2017. It was resting peacefully in its day roost, and my friends and I felt lucky to stumble upon it.
Postprocessing: usual sliders, crop for comp, sharpening on bird, NR (now that I look again it looks overaggressive) on BG and tree.
Tech:
Nikon D500
600mm f4
1.4x TC
tripod mounted
1/250
f/5.6
ISO 1600