Big Wide World+repost

Gallery: AvianPosted January 15, 2014218 views19 comments

Little Owl young. Probably his first view of the big world which would be a black thing sticking out of a hide !!
The nest in the barn was behind the drying wall in a cavity from ground to roof. This meant the young could emerge from any of nearly a hundred drying holes in the wall !!
Inside open fronted barn so lighting conditions dark and tricky.
800 ISO
D7100 Sigma 150 macro 2.8
50th sec @ f8
Crop from landscape.
PP PaintShop Pro 7
Image Guru/czm
Perhps a little darker ???
Thanks for comments on my previous pic.
Cheers
JR

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 15, 2014 at 8:51 PM

Terrific! I love it.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on January 15, 2014 at 8:52 PM

This one is great, John. Just perfect.

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on January 15, 2014 at 9:00 PM

Beautiful shot

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Comment posted by John Robinson on January 15, 2014 at 9:02 PM

Wow - that was quick !! Thanks guys. I had trouble with colour cast problems seen by people on other sites so I don't know where I am. Its just a bird picture in my mind not a photoshop exercise (Which I don't use Anyway ) There seems to be less empahasis on just a "nice natural history picture " now adays which I feel is sad.
Glad you like it anyway,and thanks for bothering to comment.
Cheers
John

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on January 15, 2014 at 9:09 PM

Wonderful image of this adorable little owl!

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Comment posted by Ákos Lumnitzer on January 15, 2014 at 9:28 PM

Wonderful shot John. Looks great as is to me.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 15, 2014 at 9:46 PM

Wonderful, John. I don't think it needs to be darker, though I don't know what the plumage is supposed to look like. I love the brick framing, though I think if this were mine, I'd crop off the uniform gray band on the bottom so you're just left with the wonderful red brick work.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on January 15, 2014 at 10:35 PM

Awesome, pure and simple!!

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on January 15, 2014 at 10:50 PM

Beautiful Image John,
Very well executed and presented - the adorable factor is off the charts.
Well Done . . .

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 16, 2014 at 1:32 AM

Super Cute. Love the eye contact.

Sweet Photo John!

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on January 16, 2014 at 1:51 AM

John,
"There seems to be less empahasis on just a "nice natural history picture " now adays which I feel is sad."
May I add my support to this statement, I could not agree more, pixel peeping is a curse.
I love this as it is so unusual, I agree that cropping out the "concrete" at the bottom would improve this a lot, the subject would more than make up for the resulting tightness

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Comment posted by John Robinson on January 16, 2014 at 8:47 AM

Thanks all.
Appreciated in these times when there is so much quality stuff around.
Heres a repost. Cheers
John

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 16, 2014 at 10:12 AM

Love this John, cute shot. The brick really frames the bird nicely, and it's a bit unusual too..
I prefer the original, and that's not just another brick in the wall

Very nice

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Comment posted by John Robinson on January 16, 2014 at 2:35 PM

Note
DP has alerted my attention (thanks) to a white spot above the owls head. No idea what it is- dead pixel?- (too big I think)- any ideas ? easily sorted.
Cheers
John

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 17, 2014 at 8:12 AM

Love it as posted! Sharon

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 17, 2014 at 11:28 AM

Wonderful shot of this owl and I like the second cropped post better. Wonderful head tilt look and eye contact. It appears one pupil is slightly larger than the other. Interesting to see this as I posted an elf owl image a couple of weeks ago showing the same thing. Excellent shot John.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on January 17, 2014 at 11:56 AM

Thanks allAppreciated.
Jim
Yes on some of the others it is really noticeable -especially on the adults. Simple reason- the shot is taken inside a big open fronted barn which butts onto the other drying barn wall with the holes in.The lightcanonly get in from the right- hence the smallerpupil on that side.
Cheers
John

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 17, 2014 at 8:54 PM

Very cute indeed, I like both versions

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on January 18, 2014 at 1:23 PM

Wow, amazing...

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