Wise Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted August 12, 2012259 views7 comments

I was looking through some of my great grey pictures from a couple months ago and realized I hadn't posted this one! I really like the pose he has here, such an intense stare! I also like the bokeh, it looks really nice against his colours.

My dad and I have been talking to our friend that takes us out for these guys, and he said that the owls have sadly left for the summer...

I have a few more from this shoot that I will be showing througout this week! Hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoy taking them

. Sure hope I can find more of these guys! Please check out the larger version for max detail!

Thanks for looking, it is really appreciated!

Nikon D300
Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 ED VR @ 400mm
ISO 400
1/125sec @ f/5
exposure comp set to -0.7
handheld

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Peter Cross on August 12, 2012 at 8:12 PM

Very nice image of an owl I'm yet to see. Well composed and the owl certainly did his part. He definitely had you in his sights. Only 2 things to mention. I probably would try to crop out the barbed wire and see how that looks. It doesn't add anything to the photo. Also, it looks like the very front of the breast is soft like you just missed by literally a whisker. Great photo to share and I'm looking forward to the rest.

Registered on April 3, 2010, 271 Posts, 1342 Comments

Comment posted by Randy Bacon on August 12, 2012 at 9:56 PM

Hi Jenaya, what a nice image of this gorgeous owl. I love the pose, and the composition - you gotta love those big yellow eyes. Personally, I don't mind the wire, I like the shot as posted, well done.

Registered on November 24, 2008, 56 Posts, 492 Comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on August 12, 2012 at 10:23 PM

Jenaya:

Very nice capture of this amazing bird. Overall I like the composition. The wire doesn't bother me since the post is a prominent part of the image. Speaking of the post, I would look at a graduated darkening (slightly) of the bottom part of the image. I think this would help focus more attention on the owl and less on the post since it is so prominent.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 13, 2012 at 6:33 PM

Very nice, Jenaya. If this were mine, I think I'd take some off the bottom, but verticals almost always seem to tall to me (odd, since the horizontals don't seem too long). Excellent detail in the Owl and I like the bg and dof.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on August 13, 2012 at 8:47 PM

Very nice Jenaya. I find that for some reason it seems very difficult to get those breast feathers to appear sharp in a photo. So it may not be your or the settings, just the bird imho. I'm sure you will see more of these treasures. I'm certainly looking forward to this fall when they seem to appear again around here.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 30, 2012 at 9:49 PM

Wonderful pose from this fellow!
I like it for all the same reasons as you do!
Really nice work!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Verdon on September 30, 2012 at 10:50 PM

great quality as usual and also expression is the killer!!!

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