Thanks for the nice comments, Mary. Glad you like it. Haven't gone thru all the owl shots that I took on the 6th Sept yet, so just saw this one late last night : )

About the white background. It's just the way they turn out. These owl shots are captured at dusk, when the owls waken to hunt again, and most are taken in the wooded areas, so are pretty "dark". So in trying to lighten them up, this is how they turn out. I just have the camera set on "auto" and Al servo.

I did remove twigs from some of the owl shots, thinking they might be distracting, - but think I'll put the same captures on the gallery "with" the twigs intact : ) I need to learn more about the manual settings on the camera. Which has never been something I find easy to do : )