great horned owl-- yellowstone

who's up? me too...(this is a test, this is ONLY a test...)

Two treats in one here, a wonderful painting and a taste of your talent as a photographer, I love the test you have done, It works for me, its just exquisite. So much detail and colour, it makes you want to reach out and touch the owl. Such clarity. Nice touch, well done, love it.

hi ali

 

thanks for the wonderful compliment and comments. actually the test i was cryptically referring to was to photo.net itself and rating. i posted this same photo for review in 2004 and got vastly more comments and 24 ratings (compared with 10) with a substansially higher average. not sour grapes or anything, and there are certainly many variables, but i surmise that "nowadays" ratings are generally fewer, for whatever reason.

 

also, just for fun: "who's up? me too" is a birding mnemonic devise for the call of the GH owl.

 

anyway... thanks again and cheers to you. chris

Great portrait, the eyes do it 4 me. As u mentioned, the rating system is very arbitrary, u certainly can't take it too serious.