Little owl

Gallery: AvianPosted August 21, 201179 views8 comments

This is from this morning, the Little owl had just come back after hunting, he is far more confident/tolerant, the female is less so and tolerates my presence rarely, dashing back into the nest, anyway...

For the first time this is processed off-site, so the colours, exposure, etc may not be spot on.

Steve
Subject: Little owl just outside nest (Athene noctua)
Location: UK
Camera: Canon MKIV
Lens: 500f/4 plus 2x MKIII - beanbag
Exposure: 1/125s at f/8 ISO800 0 stop compensation
Crop: 70% of original, approx 30% crop for presentation (original capture vertical)

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by denise ippolito on August 21, 2011 at 9:12 AM

Steve, I like the sweet pose and the habitat included. The diagonal lines of the tree are nice. I might warm up the tones if it were mine.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on August 21, 2011 at 9:50 AM

Steve, I particularly like the detail in the face in the larger version and the colors and exposure look fine to my eye.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on August 21, 2011 at 12:04 PM

Lot's of nice detail Steve. Comp and natural colors work well for me.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 21, 2011 at 1:17 PM

Very nice comp on this Steve! I like how the owl is framed between the logs. Excellent techs as usual! I would leave it as is if it were mine.

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Comment posted by Kim Connolly on August 21, 2011 at 2:00 PM

A fabulous shot Steve, amazing detail and I love the pose.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on August 21, 2011 at 4:32 PM

Very nice as presented. Excellent detail; very natural look. Tones look good to me as is.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on August 22, 2011 at 12:45 AM

He looks rather cute tucked in between the branches. Very natural looking colors and good detail on the feathers. Expert composition!

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Comment posted by May Haga on August 22, 2011 at 4:20 PM

Cool image, love the setting.
May

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