At first glance, this photo looks like a normal tree. But, if you look closer, you will be able to see an owl hiding in a tree.

With its feathers blending seamlessly into the patterns of the trunk this Eastern Screech Owl is almost impossible to spot.

Photographer Larry Lynch, though, was lucky enough to capture this beautiful bird as it hides itself in a tree close to his home in Florida.

Larry, 50, said: “I felt very excited and relieved that the image turned out so well.

“The lighting set-up for this photoshoot was complicated. We were shooting in the dark so we needed a main light source to act as the sun and a fill light to open up or lighten harsh shadows created by the main flash,” he said as the Sun reports.