Peek-A-Hoot

Gallery: AvianPosted August 24, 2010178 views12 comments

I've not grown tired of shooting these guy's. This is cropped a little over 50% of the original to eliminate the tail sticking out of the other side of the willow branch he/she is looking around.

Canon 50D Canon 400 2.8 w/1.4 ex 1/50th @ f7.1 iso 100

Thanks for looking.
Comments always welcome and appreciated.

Neil

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on August 24, 2010 at 8:03 PM

This is unusual and I like it a lot Neil. Good job getting focus on the head. In this case I'm glad you didn't have the DOF to get the tree sharp. I think the contrasting sharpness makes the owl's head stand out from the tree even better. You're getting closer to these guys - you must be spending lots of time with them.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 24, 2010 at 8:24 PM

Neil - this is great.
Love the peeking pose and bright eyes, along with a perfect DOF to isolate the bird from the FG and BG.
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on August 24, 2010 at 8:48 PM

That would be great for the 31st anniversary of my 29th BD, Rich.
Only about 40 shopping days left

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 24, 2010 at 11:44 PM

Excellent, Neil. I love the peek-a-boo pose. The exposure and focus look spot on, and the dof works perfectly.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 25, 2010 at 7:50 AM

I love the eyes, they really caught my attention.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on August 25, 2010 at 9:28 AM

Unique owl shot - I wish they would look at me like this!

- Luke

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on August 25, 2010 at 10:51 AM

Great shot !

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Comment posted by Nancy Elwood on August 25, 2010 at 11:53 AM

Neil I love the different approach to this image, but I would try and clone out that spiked piece of wood that is in front of the forehead.

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Comment posted by Axel Hildebrandt on August 25, 2010 at 1:02 PM

He looks quite focused, nice find!

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Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on August 25, 2010 at 2:35 PM

Hi Neil,
Nice peek around the tree view on this one. Details look good. I wish both eyes were totally in view.

Ronnie G.

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Comment posted by May Haga on August 25, 2010 at 9:55 PM

Great look at this owl Neil.
May

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Comment posted by Satie Sharma on August 26, 2010 at 4:00 AM

This is very cool, Neil.

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