In and out of the shadows.gh owl

I posted this one in the avian gallery, but sometimes I want a shot to be viewed by anyone but other bird photographers. Does anyone know what I mean?
Anyways, this was taken about a month ago. I'm really trying to get "outside the box" with my wildlife images and this is one of many attempts. This Gh owl nests inside this old barn and is looking out a huge window on the second level of the barn. I'm standing on a very sketchy loft to get this vantage point-eye and thinking back, it was maybe a bit stupid to be up there.

Canon 40D, 1-400 mm Is, tripod, slight crop.

Kind of spooky the way you have half of it in shadow. I kinda like it. It's original. And I can tell it would make the avian crowd a bit wild. On the brighter side of the bird, I feel like more saturation might help... or a bit of a light hand with the shadow/highlight filter just to see if it keeps the mystery but gives a little more dimension to the barn's interior. OTOH, maybe this look is exactly what you want....

Maybe a good candidate for a B&W conversion. I think it could work in salvaging the large dark area. None the less, a cool and omninous image.

I also think a b/w would work here. Maybe a more foreboding (sp) feel?

Hardly anything you can control but it would be nice to see just a bit more of the face and given the dark left part of the image, at least to me, it looks as if the right wing is a bit bright. That being said, very good job with what must have been very difficult lighting conditions.

Wow, tough lighting. Since owls typically hold quite still, this would have been an interesting shot to shoot a bracketed series and blend them.