Whiskered Screech-Owl young

[Rick Bowers]

Whiskered Screech-Owl (Megascops trichopsis), Madera Canyon, Arizona, USA 11 July

MarkIV, 500 + 2x, 580EXII w/ Better Beamer, Gitzo, Wimberely, 1/100 sec; f/8; ISO 400 PP in PS CS6, small stick removed from in front of right birds face.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

So very cute. I love how this duo is neatly ensconced in that crib. Nice flash work, but I'd warmify/reduce brightness a tad to make it less obvious. Great birds, lovely image.

[Karl Egressy]

Lovely image of these young ones.

[William Dickson]

Very nice Rick. Well done

[Marina Scarr]

Love seeing all four eyes. Are they actually coming out of a rock or a tree or some sort? I would reduce the brightness around the owls and maybe give it some dodging and burning to give it some depth and a little more character.

[Rick Bowers]

The young ones are looking out of one of two holes of this nest that is in an Arizona Sycamore. One hole is on a vertical side of the tree and this one is on the top of a horizontal area, probably where a brach fell off many years ago. I've already toned down the bark quite a bit since the bark of AZ Sycamores is almost pure white except for the many small imperfections.

[adrian dancy]

Flash looks a touch strong but the cute factor is fortunately much stronger! Nice image:)

[Loi Nguyen]

So cute. Love those big eyes. There are two catch lights in each eye, I assume one coming from flash. You may want to remove it. Looks good to me. Loi

[Giovanni Frescura]

Very lovely shoots and good composition!
Wel done!