While hiking, I encountered this Forest Ghoul and his pet owl. I didn’t even notice the owl on his shoulder until I went to edit the image.
This is what can happen to you if you stand still too long in a Douglas Fir forest in the Pacific NW 
Any feedback is great.
He is very ghostly indeed, Chris. I also did not notice the owl until you mentioned it. Nice touch for sure. Just curious, was it dark in the forest? What were your settings? Such a fun shot I can’t imagine changing anything.
@linda_mellor It was dark and I used a flash. My settings were 1/80 sec. (handheld), f/5.0, ISO 400. I was using my Sony RX10 IV, which doesn’t do well at a much higher ISO than 400.
Is this really a selfie?!
Your flash lit up the ghoul very well while vignetting the rest. It looks fairly benign but you must have felt a tremor while there! The owl is a great extra - both are pretty ragged too.
@JohnSnell @Mike_Friel Thanks!
Quite the pair to run across in a dark forest…great fun, well seen!
This is great, Chris 
Good eyes to see the likeness and the opportunity and a great job of capturing the scene! The ‘owl’ is an excellent little bonus also. They’re both very ragged and thus fit the challenge nicely. Great fun and well done 
Hi Chris,
I definitely wouldn’t stand still too long there if this is what can happen to ya 
What a cool scene! Even the head looks like an old Golden Retriever, especially the eyes.
The owl looks like it has its own pitch fork, too!
Yep, definitely “Ragged” 
Nice find and well presented.
@Merv @Mark_Seaver @Gary_Minish Thanks for your comments!
