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Short Eared Owl

This guy arrived arrived just as I was photographing another,not seen this one before flew in from very high up on migration I guess!
Managed to stalk close enough for a pleasing shot used the oof grass as cover, had to include it!!!!

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Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk

love these owl images just a thought would it have looked better in portrait then there wouldn t have been so much of the oof grass on the left of the image

Hi Karen

Got loads of portrait shots of these guys so was trying for something a little different there was so much grass and burdock in front it was very difficult to get a clear shot but hey ho,thanks for the comment.


Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk

This doesn't quite work for me either for the reasons Karen stated. I too find the LH part of the image to dominant on this occasion.

Kind regards,

Brett

Hmm. I'd have been tempted (I think) to place the owl behind the grass and make it look like a mouse's eye view - kind of concealed but vulnerable. I too think the left side is too dominant. Easy to crit - harder perhaps to get anything other than this in the circumstances!

Nice lighting. Nice image!
Regards,
Paul.

Craig, I have to agree with Karen that it would have worked much better in portrait format. That said it's a lovely pose with that "over the shoulder" look.

very nice image, i do find all the contrasting grass stems a little dominating, but the owl looks great, perhaps toning down the contrast might help?

I am more distracted by the wire then anything else. I think the composition works but would be tempted to lose the wire and tone down the gradss a bit.
Rene de Heer

The image works well for me. I like it as it is.

Hmmm - can't make up my mind on this. Love the bird, but not sure about the fence wire fixing being in the frame.....

I think the panoramic crop works particularly well. I don't find the grasses overly distracting because the bird is so clear and well defined that it tends to hold the viewers attention.

Not sure about this one Craig - it may be the inclusion of the second fence post - it pulls my eye from the subject. Still a great subject to get on to.

Cheers,
Chris

Really like the composition and Pano crop works very well IMO,side lighting adds a lovely feeling to the image

Having spent many hours stalking these birds I know you have to take what you can get. I agree with a lot of the comments already made but I think flipping the image and putting the bird on the left works better for me.

Tony

Hi Craig, great capture I am afraid I do not like the wire.

Hi needs a little more light on the left side/eye , but i like the pano format, works well with the wire.


Mark.G

I like the pano treatment but would have stopped just before the left hand post. The wire could perhaps be selectively toned down a touch to stop it drawing the eye. A nice capture though. Wish I could find a few more of these locally.