Screech Owl 2

Gallery: AvianPosted December 13, 2011156 views6 comments

Another Screech Owl shot... this time my aperture was only f/6.7 so the shutter speed was a brisk .6 seconds. A cable release was also used on this and the previous image

Nikon D300s 300 f4 + 1.7X TC Gitzo Tripod and Acratech Head
f/6.7
.6 seconds
ISO 1000
-.33 EC

Cropped to 78%, noise reduction, adjustments in ACR for warmth, sharpened using smart sharpen in CS5 on 27" iMac

- Luke

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 14, 2011 at 12:47 PM

Good you got this so sharp handheld at 0.6 seconds. You must have hands like a rock, even with cable release! Still it is way dark.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on December 14, 2011 at 2:06 PM

Thanks Phil. I actually used a tripod and mistakenly typed HH (hand held) but yes that would have required some really steady hands! As for the darkness, well, it was night.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 14, 2011 at 4:49 PM

I like the image given the situation and no use of flash on an owl.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on December 14, 2011 at 5:14 PM

Amazing conidering the techs !
Nice and moody.
JR

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on December 15, 2011 at 8:12 AM

Ditto Ron B.

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Comment posted by May Haga on December 15, 2011 at 8:10 PM

Very, very nice Luke.
May

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