Barred Owl + Repost

Gallery: AvianPosted April 3, 2010151 views19 comments

It's strange to me how an owl will sit even though you're poking a lens at it from close proximity. It just goes on searching the ground for a meal, and then if you speak it'll look at you.

D700 300mm2.8 f/4 1/200 sec

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Carlette Bragg on April 3, 2010 at 6:46 PM

Exceptional photo! I just was able to photograph my first Horn Owl in the past 3 weeks and you are right. If you talk to them they will look right at you. You must have been very close with a 300mm. The clarity is great!

Carlette Bragg

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on April 3, 2010 at 6:58 PM

Beautiful image Wayne.

Peter

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Comment posted by Paolo De Faveri on April 3, 2010 at 7:19 PM

Really a great capture. That dird is awesome, and I love how its eyes shine.
Excellent work Wayne.

Paolo

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 3, 2010 at 8:26 PM

Nice one Wayne - like the evn light and detail
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cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 3, 2010 at 9:07 PM

Wonderful! Love the air plant and the owl! Sharon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 3, 2010 at 9:19 PM

Very nicely done Wayne! I wish we had this breed in my neck of the woods. Love the dark eyes.

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on April 3, 2010 at 10:21 PM

Beautiful all the way around!

Registered on June 26, 2009, 181 Posts, 1558 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 3, 2010 at 11:47 PM

Nice shot, Wayne. Excellent exposure and detail. You might want to think about positioning the owl just a bit lower in the frame.

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Comment posted by Raymond Klassen on April 4, 2010 at 12:35 AM

A beautiful bird, and a beautiful shot of it. You got it tack sharp, and great detail in the eye as well.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on April 4, 2010 at 1:11 AM

Beautiful bird and photo. The larger view is even more impressive and makes me very envious.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 4, 2010 at 7:40 AM

Very nice Wayne. I like the comp and the great unobstructed look at this bird. I like the BG as it shows nice habitat. For the most part the exposure looks good, but there are a few bright spots on the bird, the perch tree and in the BG I would bring down a bit if this were mine. Just a suggestion to improve a fine image. Cheers.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 4, 2010 at 12:38 PM

The exposure on the bird looks perfect to me Wayne, really nice detail and an excellent image. There's one spot in the bg that looks a little bright right next to the tree but that's very minor here.

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Comment posted by Nancy Elwood on April 4, 2010 at 4:02 PM

Wayne you did fantastic with getting one of these out in the open!! Great exposure on the bird, maybe just tone down the tad of bright down by its tail, but really just a small nit. Congrats!!

Registered on January 15, 2010, 101 Posts, 396 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 4, 2010 at 4:02 PM

I like this image a lot. Very nice composition; great bird.

I agree with Ron B. about bringing down the exposure as he brightest parts are overexposed IMO. Assuming you took this as a NEF it should be easy to recover texture in the brightest areas in raw conversion.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on April 4, 2010 at 7:24 PM

I appreciate the feedback. And because there were, as was noted, a couple hotter-than-need-be spots, I reprocessed.

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Comment posted by Raymond Klassen on April 4, 2010 at 8:19 PM

Very nice repost.

Registered on November 30, 2008, 114 Posts, 790 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on April 5, 2010 at 9:05 AM

Wayne,

Of the owls I encountered in FL I found that the Barred Owls were probably the most accepting of human presence and would pose very nicely. Of the two versions posted I prefer the second version with the adjustments you made. Beautiful eyes, setting and pose. Great bird too!