Barred Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted January 16, 2012309 views11 comments

Canon EOS 7D
EF400mm f/5.6L USM
1/16/2012 – 10:11:50 AM
1/1250 sec
Manual
f/5.6
ISO 400
Handheld in a boat
East Central Florida
Raw, LR3, CS5, cloned out one twig in blue sky, full frame

Comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 16, 2012 at 11:51 PM

Very nice shot with good detail and image quality on the larger version. Nice job of hand holding for a vertical full frame in a boat, way to go, well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by dan elster on January 17, 2012 at 1:36 AM

Very nice! Love the vertical composition.

Registered on September 23, 2005, 299 Posts, 2443 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 17, 2012 at 6:35 AM

This is really nice Barbara. Just enough light in the eyes for me. I like your placement of the bird in the frame. All the branches in the lower frame form an attractive pattern. Well done.

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

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 17, 2012 at 6:52 AM

Great job getting this so well from a boat, no easy task Barbara.
Since this is full frame, I'd consider cropping some off the top, and a bit off the RT side.
Just my two cents

Well done

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on January 17, 2012 at 7:03 AM

Large version definately better.

Nice shot.
JohnR

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on January 17, 2012 at 8:43 AM

I like how the branches converge on the owl here, Barbara. Also, the eyes appear more lively in the large version. Very well done.

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments

Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on January 17, 2012 at 9:26 AM

I agree with taking a little off the top as well as a hair off the bottom to get rid of that first small horizontal branch on the right. Otherwise it is a great vertical shot!

Registered on December 13, 2011, 216 Posts, 1671 Comments

Comment posted by Rebecka on January 17, 2012 at 10:56 AM

Wow! Fabulous, stately bird, wonderfully captured, Barbara. Is it normal to see a barred owl so exposed (seemingly) during the daytime hours in EC Florida? He looks very awake and alert, something I'm not used to seeing in owls during the day. His posture/stances is nice - he looks like he's curious about what you're doing.

Personally, I would crop from the top to remove the twigs in the URH corner, and also some from the bottom as mentioned. And there is a tiny bit of branch above his perch coming in from the left side that I would clone out. But an all-around lovely image!

Registered on February 5, 2009, 170 Posts, 924 Comments

Comment posted by keith mitchell on January 17, 2012 at 3:36 PM

Barbara it looks very good to me and from a boat!very nice image.

Keith.