Blending In [Contest Finalists September 2007]
Uploaded: September 03, 2007 10:42:07
Great horned owl in front of redwood tree, California.
Bill Houghton September 03, 2007
Beautiful shot Colleen. Way to go. BillMy Photo Gallery:
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Todd White September 03, 2007
Outstanding Colleen, What a Beauty.. #4741363Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna September 03, 2007
Super great shot, Colleen!!!!!! This is an awesome and wonderful experience!!!!! Super details and the eyes always amaze me!!!!!! ♫ k #4741410Mitch Spence September 03, 2007
My goodness. Startling. Mesmerizing eyes captured so very well. Wonderful background, which so often we can't get. Beautiful. #4741556Jessica Jenney September 03, 2007
Gorgeous capture, Colleen! Wonderful detail and textures. Incredible eyes! #4741821Susan Weisensel September 03, 2007
Colleen, I would have been excited also. Wonderful capture. #4742669Colleen Farrell September 03, 2007
Thanks very much, Manuel, Bill, Todd, Kitty, Mitch, Jessica and Susan! #4742784Carol Teal September 04, 2007
Beautifully captured and those eyes are amazing! #4743273Stefania Barbier September 04, 2007
GORGEOUS!!! look like he's made of wood too!!! #4743586Glenn E. Urquhart September 04, 2007
Wonderful Capture, Amazing clarity and detail, Brilliant color (eyes!), Outstanding lighting and contrast, Well Composed and Quite Beautiful, Colleen!!! Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #4744193Colleen Farrell September 04, 2007
Thanks very much, Carol, Stefania and Glenn! #4745324anonymous September 04, 2007
Awesome capture Colleen!!! Excellent clarity and detail. Love those eyes! B-Nancy (Peaches) Harker September 04, 2007
AWSOME capture Colleen, he is beautiful. How lucky you were to capture this! #4747512Cindy Bendush September 04, 2007
Very cool capture of this awesome owl Colleen! I love the sharp intensity of his eyes. Beautiful! #4748022Colleen Farrell September 05, 2007
Thanks so much, Barbara, Peaches and Cindy! #4750442eileen bedford September 05, 2007
ASESOME capture Colleen.... #4751217Colleen Farrell September 05, 2007
Thanks very much, Eileen! #4751322Brenda c. McFarland September 05, 2007
Wow those eyes are something AWESOME!! The whole pic is AWESOME! But those eyes are SO YELLOW and BIG!! This is a winner in my book Colleen!! #4752042Colleen Farrell September 05, 2007
Thank you so much, Brenda! Now I'm thinking I shouldn't have called it "Blending In," but rather "Standing Out" LOL #4752610Nikki McDonald September 06, 2007
"Blending In" is fine--my first thought before I read your description was that he was really camouflaged well here and that the owl and tree trunk combination really filled the frame so nicely. The lighting and your dof are just right--it's easy to distinguish him but nothing except those amazing eyes interrupts the overall pattern. Terrific capture, Colleen. #4756352Colleen Farrell September 06, 2007
Thanks so much, Nikki--I really value your thoughtful comments and opinion! :D #4756717Janine Russell September 06, 2007
Colleen, great tones, detail, clarity and lighting. #4757360Dianna Hauf September 06, 2007
Nikki always has the perfect words! this truly is an awesome capture of a beautiful bird with 'mesmerizing' eyes!! #4757864Jill Odice September 06, 2007
Ditto what Nikki said :-) Great job here Colleen! #4758144Barbara Waldoch September 06, 2007
You have your own 'playing tree' bird :-)Colleen Farrell September 06, 2007
That reminds me, Barbara--I loved your title, "be a tree." :) Thanks for the great comments, and thank you Janine, Dianna, and Jill! :DNoelle E. Ward September 10, 2007
Beautiful photo, I love owls. #4770675Nikki McDonald September 10, 2007
I saw an EFP on this :) #4770909Colleen Farrell September 10, 2007
Thanks so much, Noelle and Nikki! :D #4772201Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 24, 2007
What a great wildlife image, best of luck with this beautiful EFP capture Colleen!! #4974140Michelle L. Frick October 24, 2007
Congratulations Colleen! Way to go with this beautiful finalist!! #4974216Mike D. Perez October 24, 2007
Congratulations, Colleen! Your mini-pic made Finalist! WTG. #4975117Carol Teal October 24, 2007
He is just gorgeous Colleen, and those eyes are so stunning! Congrats on your finalist, especially with it being your fav and something you don't normally shoot. You will have to get outdoors more often now! :) #4975133Sylvia Rossler October 24, 2007
Big congrats on your beautiful finalist Colleen :O) #4975363Pat Gamwell October 24, 2007
Well deserved Finalist, Colleen! CONGRATS! #4975582Philippe Vieux-Jeanton October 24, 2007
Hey! Hey! Hey! I Know this image!!! Congratulations Colleen! #4975639Colleen Farrell October 24, 2007
Thanks so much, everybody--I appreciate it! :D #4975775Su Sana E. P October 24, 2007
Congratulations on this Awesome Awesome Finalist, Colleen!! #4976015Cyn Valentine October 25, 2007
Big congratulations COlleen..great finalist!! #4977240Barbara Waldoch October 25, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Colleen! #4977444Dianna Hauf October 25, 2007
Super congratulations Colleen!!! ☺☺ #4977556Anna Diederich October 25, 2007
Congrats on your stunning finalist, Colleen!! #4977704Michelle Lea Guinn October 25, 2007
Fantastic Capture!!! Congratulations!!! mlg~ #4978450Glenn E. Urquhart October 25, 2007
A Big Congratulations on your Award, Colleen!!! Well Deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #4978464Cheryl E. Molennor October 25, 2007
Congratulations! #4978555Jenny Bosmans October 25, 2007
Congratulations on another beautiful finalist, Colleen! :) #4978816Holly Shao October 25, 2007
Congratulations on this awesome Finalist, Colleen!!Holly #4978992
Alison Krylowski October 25, 2007
Congratulations on your well deserved finalist, Colleen! #4979209Tarun Bose October 25, 2007
Huge congrats for your outstanding finalist. Looks a prize winner to me. #4979451Karen Bacon October 25, 2007
This is beautifully done Colleen!They do look like their heads are on backwards don't they? Congratulations and good luck in the next round! #4979643Susan Fox October 25, 2007
STUNNING!!!!! This has such amazing detail. I love it! Congratulations Colleen. I wouldn't be surprised to see it make the winners group :-) #4979687Mitch Spence October 25, 2007
Super shot, Colleen. Again, many congratulations are in order. :) #4980027Sam Britt October 25, 2007
Congratulations again, Collleen! #4980577Colleen Farrell October 25, 2007
Thanks so much, my photog friends! :D #4980856Phil Stith October 25, 2007
A wonderful finalist, Colleen...a hearty congratulations!!! #4980985Daniella Puente October 25, 2007
This is an awesome finalist Colleen!!! congrats :))) #4981105Laurie Daily October 25, 2007
Congratulations on this incredible finalist, Colleen! #4981400Stefania Barbier October 25, 2007
ANOTHER BIG CONGRATS COLLEEN! #4981723Colleen Farrell October 25, 2007
Thank you, Daniella, Laurie and Stefania! #4982378eileen bedford October 25, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist Colleen, great job... #4982575Colleen Farrell October 25, 2007
Thank you, Eileen! #4983329Sandra Schlesinger October 26, 2007
Wow! The texture here is amazing--and the eyes riveting. A handsome image: congratulations! #4987726Zack G. Ahern October 26, 2007
Congrats on your finalist! Great image! #4988420Colleen Farrell October 26, 2007
Thanks very much, Sandra and Zack! #4988749Nancy (Peaches) Harker November 21, 2007
Colleen I am so sorry I missed this, BIG CONGRATS on your finalist girl BIG WHOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! #5109063Colleen Farrell November 23, 2007
Thanks a lot, Peaches--I appreciate it! :D #5113472Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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