Owl prints, are these photos good enough to offer as prints?

[Iguanasan]

The originals, for me, are much better. I understand what you were going for with the changes but unfortunately they felt overdone. I'd start with the originals again and go with a much softer touch. Clone out the twigs and guano stains on the tree with a healing brush and then adjust levels and sharpness a bit. That's about all I would do. Again, this is just my take on the images. It's your artwork. It's your decision. Excellent images to start with though. Excellent captures.

[Janner]

Thank you for your reply, I started from scratch again yesterday. Originally, I didn't like the blue sky but I'm going to stick with it and de-saturate it a little. The other major issue was I downloaded Topaz Clean and loved the sharpness the software produced. Unfortunately I lost sight of the other effect it was having on the images. I will post a couple when I'm done. Sadly I believe I'll have to forget about the image with the mouse because I think it's too hard to get rid of all the branches and twigs without it being obvious, at least for me.

[Iguanasan]

Janner, don't give up on that image. The twigs in the background are sufficiently blurred that they don't need to be "cleaned up". I would see if you can get rid of the three on the right that kinda stick out but I wouldn't worry about the ones on the left at all. Try lightening up the shadows on the mouse by about 10%-15% or so. I think that's all you need. I'm far from an expert photo editor myself but I think that's where I would start. Don't try and do everything, just try to do one or two things. It's easier one step at a time.

[Marko]

I have to agree with Iggy - The originals look better! Really digging shot 3

[Janner]

I was a little discouraged about my owls but I'm now feeling more positive thanks to your comments. I hope to work on them this week, keeping the edits to a minimum