I featured this eastern screech owl earlier in the month. In that series he was inside a tree cavity, on this day he was perched on a broken tree branch nearby. As this owl blends in so well with his surroundings, if I hadn’t been looking for him where I’d seen him before I would have missed him. All three photos had a tremendous colour cast caused by the leaves. In the first two, I used the Color Balance and Hue/Saturation in Photoshop to correct it. The colour cast was too pronounced in the third photo to fix, so I turned it into a black and white using Tonality Pro in Photoshop. As someone said, any day you spot an owl is a good day, this was an excellent day!
January 28, 2017 at 7:31 am
Excellent!
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January 28, 2017 at 7:51 am
Thank you.
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January 27, 2017 at 7:39 pm
Sooooo perfect.
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January 27, 2017 at 8:42 pm
Thank you.
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January 25, 2017 at 1:00 pm
Wonderful images, Belinda. I especially love the third one – adorable expression!
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January 25, 2017 at 2:19 pm
Thanks very much. Glad you like them!
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January 23, 2017 at 10:22 am
Beautiful creatures, love your images. I’m a light sleeper and at 2 am I was awoken by the sound of an owl calling, looked out of the window and it was perched on top of one of my trees. :>)
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January 23, 2017 at 12:39 pm
Thank you. What a sound and sight to wake up to!
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January 23, 2017 at 9:20 am
That B&W shot is exquisite.
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January 23, 2017 at 9:28 am
Thank you!
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January 22, 2017 at 5:48 pm
Excellent camouflage! Good spotting. 🙂
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January 22, 2017 at 6:51 pm
Thanks very much!
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January 22, 2017 at 1:07 pm
In India owls are considered bad luck! A friend gifted me 10 lovely silver and copper owls and I am being urged to get rid of them! they really cheer up the whole house!
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January 22, 2017 at 1:15 pm
And here they are considered wise.
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January 23, 2017 at 1:40 am
they are adorable! anywhere!
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January 22, 2017 at 12:45 pm
wonderful!
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January 22, 2017 at 1:06 pm
Thank you!
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January 22, 2017 at 12:01 pm
You’re so lucky to be able to see and photograph these owls. You’ve done a great job of “fixing up” anything that needed it. Looks perfect to me.
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January 22, 2017 at 12:47 pm
Thanks very much! We are lucky to keep seeing screech owls every spring.
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January 22, 2017 at 1:19 pm
It’s rare to see an owl here.
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January 22, 2017 at 11:41 am
Nice, but number 3 has an expression you don’t see very often on Screech Owls.
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January 22, 2017 at 12:45 pm
Maybe he didn’t like being looked at. We didn’t stick around after he pulled that face😏
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January 22, 2017 at 10:50 am
He realy is one with his surroundings. What a lucky day for you to see this little owl. Super photo’s specially the thirth one with the big eyes.
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January 22, 2017 at 12:38 pm
Thank you!
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January 22, 2017 at 10:26 am
Thank you for all the photos and photography info. I hear the screech owls but haven’t seen any.
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January 22, 2017 at 10:35 am
Thank you. I hope you get to see one soon, they are beautiful.
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January 22, 2017 at 10:25 am
On summer nights a pair of screech owls hunt in our backyard
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January 22, 2017 at 10:34 am
That must be an amazing sight.
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January 22, 2017 at 9:35 am
Fabulous shots! I especially like the B&W.
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January 22, 2017 at 9:54 am
Thank you!
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January 22, 2017 at 7:29 am
I do love these owls, Belinda! You so have captured their character magnificently!
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January 22, 2017 at 7:57 am
Thank you Pete, how nice of you to say!
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January 22, 2017 at 6:31 am
Excellent day indeed!
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January 22, 2017 at 7:54 am
Thanks, it was!
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January 22, 2017 at 3:21 am
very good camouflage. Stunning pictures
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January 22, 2017 at 7:50 am
Thank you.
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January 22, 2017 at 3:05 am
I love owls!
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January 22, 2017 at 7:50 am
They are wonderful birds!
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January 22, 2017 at 2:21 am
Absolutely gorgeous portraits, Belinda. If I have to pick a favourite, its the middle one, because the face is a little more open and there is an eye highlight – maybe the bird senses you – but then this is not the full-on reaction seen in the third shot. But I’d be very happy to have captured any of these images. Adrian
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January 22, 2017 at 7:49 am
Thanks so much Adrian!
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January 22, 2017 at 1:53 am
awesome closeups. the conversion to monochrome is a great idea!
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January 22, 2017 at 7:48 am
Thank you!
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