Last Barn Owl & repost

Gallery: AvianPosted June 27, 201395 views7 comments

This is the same bird I posted yesterday, but this shot was taken from the ground looking up at the box (maybe 14 feet in the air) and a bit earlier. The box blocked part of the owl so I chose to do this as a portrait. The youngsters have all fledged. Last night and this morning they did not appear when there was sufficient light to photograph them, so I doubt I'll have any more opportunities with this clutch.

1Div, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Black Widow on RRS legs, f5.6, 1/50, iso 1600, Av mode with +1/3 stop compensation (another 1/3 stop added in ACR). This is mostly cropped from the sides with just a hair off the top resulting in an 8.8MP final size. I also added a touch more light to both eyes. Taken yesterday on a cloudy/misty morning about 15 minutes after dawn(5:26 am).

I always appreciate your comments and criticisms.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on June 27, 2013 at 9:46 PM

This is a pretty nice portrait, Dennis. I really liked it.

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Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on June 27, 2013 at 9:49 PM

Nice shot with fine details in what looks like low light indeed. The larger version appears slightly brighter to me, and perhaps a bit warmer. Very nicely done.

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on June 28, 2013 at 8:11 AM

Great close-up Dennis, a bit dark (to preserve the blue in the sky?) but very minor fix.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on June 28, 2013 at 8:38 AM

Nice portrait. I like the little downy feathers coming out! Sharon

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 28, 2013 at 12:26 PM

Somehow this image seems to get brighter to my eye the larger I view it. I finally decided after reading comments to reprocess it. I brightened it almost a full stop and changed the color temperature a bit to warm it. Here's the result, and thanks for the input.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 28, 2013 at 4:45 PM

The repost looks terrific Dennis, great to get an up close opportunity with this species

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on June 29, 2013 at 12:03 PM

Re-post is fantastic Dennis.

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