Wise Old Owl

Hi Everyone! This is a Great Grey Owl I photographed in June with my dad and sister. It's the first time I've gotten to be close enough to get a portrait! Right after I took this the owl flew into the grass but it didn't look like he caught anything.

I really like how the owl is looking back over its shoulder and the way the feathers on his face and neck look. I never thought of trying it in black and white but my dad thought it would look good and I really like it this way. I hope you do, too!

Nikon D7100
Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4 IF-ED with TC-14EII
ISO 3200
1/800sec @ f/5.6
on noodle from truck window

Dad's Processing Notes:
Converted from RAW using Phase One Capture One Pro 7
Minor adjustments to tone and contrast, then converted to B&W using Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 in PS5
Noise reduction using Nik Dfine 2.0
Cropped to vertical from horizontal original resulting in app 35% original file size