The Cutest Owls You'll Ever See...

Nice shots, Joe. Glad to see you made it there. Dave

Images 1 and 4 are great as is. I think #2 might be even better with some WB adjustment, and I wonder whether a significant crop might make it really compelling; the bird's pose has a natural diagonal, and I'd consider a crop especially off the right that would place the bird's head more in the RU corner, give it some magnification and get it out of the middle.

Not sure that was understandable:

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Originally Posted by botspur

Hi Joe, a very good set of images of a beautiful bird. You've captured the markings spot on and given us a good idea as to the habitat and where they nest. Do they nest in the ground because of a lack of tree habitat?

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Hello Clive, thank you for viewing and commenting. I think the dig burrows for protection and nesting, there are many trees where the could nest.

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Originally Posted by davidedric

Nice shots, Joe. Glad to see you made it there. Dave

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Thank you my friend, it was about a three hour drive to get there but Dottie and I combined it with a visit with her brother and wife.

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Originally Posted by kdoc856

Images 1 and 4 are great as is. I think #2 might be even better with some WB adjustment, and I wonder whether a significant crop might make it really compelling; the bird's pose has a natural diagonal, and I'd consider a crop especially off the right that would place the bird's head more in the RU corner, give it some magnification and get it out of the middle.

Not sure that was understandable:

http://i48.tinypic.com/28a70h1.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/34nh3yr.jpg

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Hi Kevin, thank you for viewing and your suggestion. Cropping I believe is in the eye of the beholder. Yours certainly is a good suggestion. I evolve and change sometimes prefering tight crops other times with more space around the subject, right now I am in a more space phase having negative space around the bird or animal if possible. Just part of my evolution as a nature photgrapher

Fabulous shots, Joe! I agree, you've been churning out some beautiful work lately. Keep it up my friend!