Father Owl at sundown(great horned)

: Father Owl at sundown(great horned); here's Father Owl, in the last rays of the setting sun, in a pine tree, a bit farther away from where the owl nest is, in the cottonwood tree. The Mama owl was perched on a branch close to the nest. sorry there are so many small branches in the way.; Created by: Alandrapal.; Tools Used: 20D, 100-400L handheld; Created on: 18 April 2007; Image Views: 54; Average Views per Day: 0.1; Image Number: 36937

Comments:

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Apr 20, 2007 at 4:16 PM said:

Hi Lorraine, thanks for commenting, - yes, about the branches, quite often I do clone them out, but this time, thought, - as you said, "well, that's how he was" so just left them in there, all part of the natural habitat :)

lorraine from NZ on Apr 20, 2007 at 3:51 PM said:

Its a lovely image, the branches can be a pain but thats where he is, he looks very majastic sitting up there.

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Apr 20, 2007 at 2:39 PM said:

thanks very much, Steve, for your nice comments. I also liked the effects of the sun's last rays on the owl and a little patch on the tree trunk. It's so good to be able to watch these wonderful birds again, - we'd been a bit afraid that they'd left the park to nest elsewhere.

Steve Brown (sgbrown) from UK on Apr 20, 2007 at 11:22 AM said:

The sunset rays have made the owl look as if it's made of terracotta or something. It hardly looks like a living thing at all! I think the wonderful contrast with the pale blue sky adds to this feeling of unreality. A superb image.

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