Gallery: AvianPosted March 7, 2013171 views3 comments
Barred Owl ,"Strix varia". Here is one shot from last trip in late fall to Florida, the picture was taken early morning at first rays of sun, wild and no baited, C&C always welcome.
Canon 7D, ISO 640,250 mm, -1ev, F/5.6, 1/5000, handheld
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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 7, 2013 at 5:12 PM
I like the frontal POV, good detail Verdon, but the lights direction was not in your favor frankly.
If I was walking about & shooting handheld, I might suggest using a lightweight carbon fiber monopod with swivel head?
You could shoot quite a slower than this 1/5000th, and have better control of the light.. In general that is.
In this case the hard line shadow would still be hard to get rid of..
Just my two cents
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Comment posted by John Clulow on March 8, 2013 at 10:42 AM
Wow! I wonder if this is where they got the idea for the steath bomber; the very last thing a mouse might see.
Crisp detail on the bird and wonderful catch light in its right eye. I love how the wings echo the landscape below. The lighting, to me, is kind of a cross between split-lighting and Rembrandt lighting from a portraiture perspective. It is not pure split because, especially in the largier view, significant detail on the left side of the owl's head, our right, is discernable. But I think that the catch light is the key thing, again in the larger view, that immediately rivits our eye to the owl's, especially if we are prey.
I also like how the one feather on the front of the owl's left wing is illuminated and the fact that there is what appears to be a fairly bright stump over on the right side of the frame, that helps to balance the higher luminance on the left side of the bird. A very dramatic effect overall. Very well executed., maybe a bit of overkill on the shutter, but what the heck.
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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on March 12, 2013 at 7:45 AM
Love the coming right at you pose, nice wing position.
Ray
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3 commentsIf I was walking about & shooting handheld, I might suggest using a lightweight carbon fiber monopod with swivel head?
You could shoot quite a slower than this 1/5000th, and have better control of the light.. In general that is.
In this case the hard line shadow would still be hard to get rid of..
Just my two cents
Crisp detail on the bird and wonderful catch light in its right eye. I love how the wings echo the landscape below. The lighting, to me, is kind of a cross between split-lighting and Rembrandt lighting from a portraiture perspective. It is not pure split because, especially in the largier view, significant detail on the left side of the owl's head, our right, is discernable. But I think that the catch light is the key thing, again in the larger view, that immediately rivits our eye to the owl's, especially if we are prey.
I also like how the one feather on the front of the owl's left wing is illuminated and the fact that there is what appears to be a fairly bright stump over on the right side of the frame, that helps to balance the higher luminance on the left side of the bird. A very dramatic effect overall. Very well executed., maybe a bit of overkill on the shutter, but what the heck.
Ray