HA!! Excellent catch! Great even to have found him, camouflaged so well.
Fine detail, and the touch of blur on the cactus along the face - intended or not - accentuates the detail of the owl.
Wonderful complementary colours.
Love it!
Hi Don, excellent camouflaged look here at the owl - you really have to look for it which is great. Agree with Sandy that the blur on the cactus accentuates the owl. Wonderfully seen and taken.
Anyone’s dream of a picture, I guess. Mine in any case. And there’s an ocean lying between that dream and myself!
Much admiration thus for spotting, capturing and framing this splendid moment. Xavier
Excellent, Don. I like the way the relatively long focal length compressed the image and makes me wonder how on earth that owl got in there or is going to get out. A wonderful find and very well handled.
Thanks, Dennis. I must admit that I wasn’t thinking about compressing the image. I used a long focal length because I didn’t want to get too close to the owl. Didn’t want to spook it.
Very cool image, Don. The owl is really well camouflaged and it takes a second to spot it. Good detail in the owl and I like how it fits into the space. Good detail in the cactus as well. A unique capture; well done.
All I can say is how on earth did you even find this bird??? Wow is that thing camouflaged well. In the thumbnail I couldn’t even see the owl at all. Terrific find and capture. The lack of depth of field really makes the owl pop from the surrounding cacti. The colors look spot on. Great sharpness on the owl. I can’t think of anything I would do to this to make it better. Awesome.
I missed the image too, but fortunately you got the EP so I noticed it.
What a great find. You must thank the guy that pointed you to the saguaro, but you made the image. Superb shot, and Sandy is right about the blur. Very cool.