Poor Image: The Owl Knowing One

It seems too dependent on text, with too little visual indication of the trope. Looking up "wise owl" on google image search yields many better images, but here are a couple specific ones:

I like the second one. It has that old-timey quaint feeling.

I think it should be standard practice to post what's currently on the page. Current:

I think the second image in the OP (1.2, woodcut? illustration?) is better than the photo (1.1) and the current image. Much more succinct than the comic, and the photo is staged-/fakey-/lame-looking IMO.

v http://www.google.com/images?q=Kaepora+Gaebora

...don't see anything wise-looking. Whether the image is good is way more important than whether the example is good, like vital versus unimportant.

edited 6th May '12 3:38:36 PM by rodneyAnonymous

There's always Kaepora Gaebora from Ocarina Of Time/Majoras Mask, although I'm not sure how good that would be as an image.

edited 6th May '12 3:30:31 PM by DarkConfidant

I like the second one of the OP for the same reason as Kaiser.

1.2 is awesome.

The second one in the OP is great; the first is too clearly 'shopped. The current could be adapted into a page quote.

My vote goes to the second one, too. The current one shows the owl having a beard but it doesn't really show its intelligence.

1.2

That's good enough. 1.2 is up and tagged. Caption or no?

edited 7th May '12 1:41:03 PM by Willbyr

Well, here is the page it was found on. Should we pothole to it in the image or in a caption?

If no one comes up with a caption, we can pothole it in the image link.

From some reason "The owls are not what they seem." comes to mind, but it doesn't fit with any of the pictures shown.

Hearing nothing, let's just run with it as is. Locking up.