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Posted by drewkleine on Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:46 am

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Great horned owl from west central Illinois. This owl was perched at the very top of a tree. Luckily this tree happened to be at the bottom of a very steep and narrow strip mine pond. A ghillie suit combined with very slow patient crawling got me to within 30 feet and eye level. This image is not cropped

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by Ron Day on Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:02 pm
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Great job of making your approach for taking this fine photograph. Good composition, detail, and eye contact. You might consider toning down the bright vegetation in the bottom left corner.
 

by david fletcher on Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:29 pm
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Welcome to NSN. Lovely comp. Ron's suggestion will enhance a fine shot. can see a vertical but personally prefer as shown using the space you have shown
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by drewkleine on Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:33 pm
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Thanks guys, agreed on the vegetation being a little hot
 

by Nate Chappell on Fri Sep 07, 2018 2:59 pm
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Great job getting close enough to this guy Drew, a vertical cropping out the out of focus vegetation would work well here imo.
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by Mako_Elite on Fri Sep 07, 2018 3:26 pm
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Welcome to NSN.
Great shot getting the shot. It can take a lot of work and patience to get a shot like this. Nice to see different colorations of these owls. The GH owls where I live are all very dark and only few has clearly visible rust color on the facial discs. Colors on your owl are beautiful.

I agree with Ron to tone down the bright foliage in the front. It takes away the prime focus from the owl. I would do just that and repost the updated image.

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by Karl Egressy on Fri Sep 07, 2018 6:51 pm
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Nice in habitat shot, Drew. I would tone down the yellow in the left bottom corner.
 

by drewkleine on Sat Sep 08, 2018 7:21 am
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Thanks all for the comments! Will get that corner toned down!
 

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