I think this is a wonderful piece...thank you so much for posting!  <3  I can see where the colors would have been tedious, but well worth the effort, IMO.  <3  Owls are so gorgeous, and you've really captured a lovely image and did it perfect justice with your beading!  <3
Owls are amazing and soooooo beautiful, so I can see why you like them...so do I! 
Hope you can find the perfect spot for this.  Are you going to do an owl series?  That's something I'd definitely love to see!  <3
You know, a thought...would you be opposed to turning your beaded images into transfers for shirts, jackets, etc?  You could do that with your photos.  I did a similar thing with cross stitch years ago, though I didn't go as far as making the pieces into transfers.  What happened was that I needed something to decorate my office at work, so rather than photographs, I brought my cross stitched pieces over to the local copy place and made color copies.  They turned out so well, there was a loose thread that had been on one of my pieces while it was being photocopies and I kept trying to brush it off!
I kept thinking of how nice the pieces would look on shirts or jackets, but transfer materials were harder to get back then, so it never happened.
Anyway, amazing work as always!  <3
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

this is a beautiful piece, would u mind sharing with me , type of beads used,,,,,, and where u got the pattern .

Brenda,
I completely agree with you...it's exquisite!  I believe this is a pattern that was made from ifonlyicould's photo using the freePatternWizard.
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=