From Simon Dentremont
The story goes like this...I was lying in the mud (don't all good bird photography stories start this way?) taking pics of this owl when l realized that there was an amazing pink sunset behind me. So I relocated to a different angle, so could lie in the mud again, and get that beautiful pink sky as the background of my owl pic. Maybe my favorite owl pic this year. And yes, laundry when I got home. I also keep a towel in my SUV for just such an event.
Short-Eared Owi (In French, Hibou des Marais), Feb 2021.
Wow, it really is a stunningly beautiful picture
I've been getting a bunch of great stuff from this photographer lately. I feel the image being mostly blurred but for the owl really does a good job highlighting how owls like the Shorties can be so camouflaged, yet so boldly patterned at the same time. The colors of the foreground and background all really work together with the owl too. Just so many wonderful things to look at in what appears a fairly simple image.
I'm glad you like it!