whooo you looking at?

It has been a busy few weeks, but I am now really looking forward to catching up with everyone's postings.
This very cute Southern Boobook owl was hiding deep in a colleague's suburban back yard.

[*lynn]

beautiful image, love the blurry surroundings! fav

[Lyn Todd]

@lynnz thanks Lynn - it was like a jigsaw trying to find a gap in the tree to shoot through! :)

[April]

I love owls! Wonderful framing.

[Jennifer]

Beautiful image, love the clarity of the eyes and the tones and framing

[Dixie Goode]

This is so perfect. Love the focus on the eyes.

[Cat Whiskers - Nan]

What a beauty

[gloria jones]

Super capture...love the composition and focus on the owl

[Clare Gadsby]

fab focus on those wise old eyes

[Sylvia du Toit]

Fav,

[carol white]

Beautifully captured. Fav!! 😀

[Rookynook]

I love the soft lines in the composition, beautiful capture. Fav

[Debbie]

Look at him looking right at you. What a wonderful discovery. I love the clear focus on his face and eyes, and yet you can clearly see that he's hiding in the tree.

[Graeme Stevens]

excellent as always

[Sarah Bremner]

Perfectly superb

[katy]

You are so right. This is the cutest owl I may have ever seen. Very clever of you to compose this image through the leaves to frame him so beautifully. A terrific shot, Lyn

[Lyn Todd]

@deborah63 @grammyn I was sooo frustrated that this was the only clear line of sight ,even though I spent 20 minutes circling the base of the tree!

[Babs]

Well spotted, they aren't easy to find. We hear one in our trees all night long, just making the same boobook call.

[Yao RL]

What a treat having this bird in the backyard. Lovely focus framed by the blurry leaves.

[Cat Whiskers - Nan]

Always fun to find one of these!

[Delwyn Barnett]

Great capture through the leaves.

[Domenico Dodaro]

Wonderful capture!

[Daria]

Wonderful! Fav

[Ann H. LeFevre]

First of all it's an amazing looking owl to begin with but even more amazing that you found him in someone's backyard and not the woods! I think a clear line of sight would have made this just like any other owl in a tree shot. But the blurred surroundings and the way you caught him looking at the camera makes it so unique. fav- and I wish I could fav it more than once!

[Lyn Todd]

@olivetreeann :) thankyou Ann

[CC Folk]

So lovely and fav.

[Laura]

Wonderful capture. Love the composition and the dof is perfect.