5 - Nice capture. Seems good clarity on the eye. Criticism; difficult given this is opportune likely but, a variation here, likely in composition, may have given this something 'extra', not sure what nor how. Seems a wooden fence/door/barn at the rear, perhaps incorporating more of that to allow for more context/contrast (which would also allow more of the DOF to be seen, and, seemingly 'pick up on' the brown coloring in the owl) may have made this even better in my opinion. Seems some slight 'blown' issues on the whites in the feathers, but could be due to lack of sharpness/focus there, plus trying to tweak the contrast/brightness here would be very difficult I imagine. |