Hawk Owl

Perfect light. I love those eyes. Just plain beautiful. Very nice of the owl to wait for your return.

Beautiful bird and a great shot. Nice work with the light and the background. I'd love to see one of these someday, let alone get a nice shot.

Awesome shot, Dusty. Great eyes, wonderful detail, perch and bg. How nice that it waited for you to return and then posed for this great image.

Terrific bird and image. Well done.

Great shot. I never see an owl out in the open where I live.

Amazing! I can't imagine getting a cleaner, sharper shot of an owl. Great perch, light, and BG.

Very impressive Dusty, well done

cheers Rob

Great capture. Nice perch and background with great lighting.

Wow, what a nice find. Very well captured, nice perch, background, light, No nits from me.
May

An exceptional image Dusty - love everything about it.

This is an excellent image!

A gorgeous backdrop for this Owl. I've only ever seen them perched high with either snow or blue sky behind them. Bravo

Awesome image! I really love these guys.

Awesome, Dusty! I love the slender perch and the dark green BG. Beautiful image.

Perfect, no more needs to be said! How did you get him to stay so long and not be interrupted when you were draping the perfect BG behind him?

Great shot Dusty, I like the feather detail on this one.

Beautiful shot. Did you clone something out in the background and did you use any noise reduction software? I love the perch.

This is fantastic, Dusty. Couldn't ask for more.

Beautiful, Dusty. Nice clean image.

Outstanding owl image, I love every thing about it.

Wonderful shot Dusty, congrats what a great perch and pose.

This is as good as it gets! Well done!

No nits from me. Darn near perfect.

Congratulations on the W.P., very well done on an interesting owl species! (Nice of him to stay put while you ran for your gear, so partial praise to the owl )

Thankyou for the W.P! What a surprise! And really it was a surprise to get this shot as when I returned with my photo gear, the owl was not there so I went around the block in frustration and decided to return again to see if I could find him with binocs, only to find him on almost the same branch as when I first saw him. It was on a cottonwood tree with a lot of branches and I was not happy with the BG at all only to see him fly away as I tried to manoever around for a better BG. It flew behind this persons house and landed on a 8ft spruce tree. I knew if I could get some shots there that something might be good. Only trouble was that I was shaking so hard from excitement that I had to turn on my VR even though I was on a tripod. Out of 25 or shots, I managed to get close enough for a full frame shot and only 3 with him looking at me. What a day!!! Thanks again!!!!!

This is just beautiful. Congrats on the EP.

Very, very cool. Congrats on the EP!

Wow, what a beauty. Congratulations on the EP!

Excellent capture

Great shot! Love the eye contact and the clean background.

Wonderful capture.