Barred Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted June 17, 2010303 views29 comments

Barred Owl on alert,,,,,this display was in respond to a call from another owl deeper in the woods.

50D, 500f4, 1/200 sec, f5.6, ISO 400, ~80% of original frame, overcast lighting

David
South Louisiana

Comments

29 comments

Comment posted by denise ippolito on June 17, 2010 at 10:03 PM

The best Barred Owl shot I have ever seen. Beautiful pose, details and eye contact. Very nice perch as well. A tiny bit tight on the left.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 17, 2010 at 10:04 PM

Superb!

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Comment posted by Ron Pullen on June 17, 2010 at 10:26 PM

Excellent perch and pose, no nits from me. Fantastic!

Ron

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 17, 2010 at 10:51 PM

David, this is simply superb! I agree with Denise...best one I have seen.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 17, 2010 at 10:58 PM

A sweet image. Although I really like seeing the typical vegetation of this bird's normal habitat, this plain background works very well and makes the image unusual. The soft light here is wonderful.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on June 18, 2010 at 12:12 AM

Wow, this is ridiculously good! Love the pose, dof and clarity...perfect.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 18, 2010 at 12:44 AM

David - gorgeous shot!
Not the tiniest nit from me - great pose, nice detail, great branch, and complimentary BG.

Sandy r

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on June 18, 2010 at 1:17 AM

Wow! Love it.

Peter

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Comment posted by Onno de Rover on June 18, 2010 at 2:44 AM

Hi David, Is he smiling?? What a stunning picture.. the diagonal line of the branch gives it a great comp, and what I like is the crispness of the subject against a blurry background exc DoF.

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Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on June 18, 2010 at 5:48 AM

Outstanding shot, David.

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Comment posted by Joe Vincent on June 18, 2010 at 5:53 AM

Oh man, this is awesome David!! Great work!

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on June 18, 2010 at 6:35 AM

Great shot, David! I like it very much.
Mauro

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on June 18, 2010 at 7:59 AM

Wonderful David - constantly amazed at the number of wonderful owl shots on this forum. Stunning detail in the larger image and i like the diagonal perch.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by John Tobias on June 18, 2010 at 8:40 AM

IMHO this is a very well accomplished photo. The sharpness is great. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by richard remington on June 18, 2010 at 8:42 AM

David,

This is simply awesome! The detail in the little feathers on the head is striking. When I look at this I understand why the eye detail is so critical in avian photos. Thanks for sharing!

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on June 18, 2010 at 11:55 AM

Excellent shot, I like everything about this, detail is great, the larger image was a pleasure to view, way to go.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on June 18, 2010 at 1:02 PM

Sweet!

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Comment posted by David Haynes on June 18, 2010 at 1:11 PM

David,
Since I'm late to the party here on commenting I wont reiterate what has already been said. I will simply say that I agree with what everyone has stated about this being the best shot of this species I've seen. Simply Superb David!!

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on June 18, 2010 at 1:14 PM

absolutely amazing. doesn't get any better than this. congrats, David.

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Comment posted by Nancy Elwood on June 18, 2010 at 1:35 PM

David I will echo the others! Very, very sweet!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 18, 2010 at 1:53 PM

Beautiful, David.

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on June 18, 2010 at 2:46 PM

Thanks for the feedback and kind words everyone. I still prefer the mom & fledgling photo I posted awhile back, but the alert pose does make this one different.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 18, 2010 at 7:44 PM

Love the gray tones here, sweeet shot David

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Comment posted by David Sparks on June 18, 2010 at 7:46 PM

A grand image of a Barred Owl: I've never seen one in this alert position. The perspective is terrific, providing a full view of the entire bird. I'm still learning about DOF on 500 mm lenses (haven't had mine very long), but I'm surprised by the excellent DOF at f5.6 given the distance (small crop).

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on June 19, 2010 at 12:27 PM

I wish I had more owl opportunities. This is great

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on June 19, 2010 at 4:03 PM

Awesome capture!

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Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on June 19, 2010 at 8:03 PM

Another good one LB. Too bad that most of the time they just sit there and do nothing. Wonderful details and lighting. I think I have a shot or two of that owl. Did you ever see the other owl that was calling from deeper in the woods.

Ronnie G.

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Comment posted by Satie Sharma on June 20, 2010 at 4:55 AM

This is totally fantastic!!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on June 20, 2010 at 8:14 PM

So Sweeeeet

Ken Archer

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