Collared scops owl

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Shot in Kanha, this one was fast asleep the whole while we were shooting it.
Shot with the Nikon D90, Nikkor 70-300mm, ISO 250, I/250s - F/7.1

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

another version of the same image

[Mrudul Godbole]

The first image images looks nice with the close up. I think some more details in the owl would be good, please check the AF point, was it locked on the bark? Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice one. These owls keep on dozing for a long time. Good that you used f7.1 aperture. A slightly longer lens to zoom in further and avoid the skyline would have helped in strengthening the image. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Thanks. Mrudul, the AF point was on the owl itself as I remember, but you may be right, it may have locked on to the bark. This is a 50% crop, subject was far away so yes a longer lens would have surely done the trick

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Nice image of the dreaming owl :) Its a good thing that you managed to spot it. If you were on a jeep it would have been relatively difficult to spot as it has camouflaged itself well with the tree. Agree with Mrudul's comments. Thanks for sharing.