Barred Owl and repost

Gallery: AvianPosted September 22, 2014205 views7 comments

This was taken on Vancouver Island. We were driving when I spotted what I thought was an owl in a tree alongside the road. There was no place to stop or turn around so we kept going. My wife had noted a blue mark on a nearby tree. At least an hour later we came back on the same road, we spotted the blue mark and the owl was still there. This time I found a spot to pull off. Sometimes you just get lucky!

Canon 7D
100-400 mm lens at 340 mm
1/200 at f6.3
ISO 400

Thanks for looking. Comments and suggestions appreciated.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on September 23, 2014 at 12:06 AM

You have a nice light and the image is very sharp. The owl is nicely framed by the two trees, but I feel a more vertical composition would also work. The tail feathers seem to have a slightly bluish cast.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on September 23, 2014 at 9:41 AM

Nice species to have in front of the lens. Nicely freestanding as well. The blue cast is also on my monitor, maybe tweak the WB a little. Pretty image ! Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on September 23, 2014 at 10:26 AM

I like this a lot. Framed between the two trees works really well. Nice eye contact from the owl. I am also seeing the blue cast. Should be an easy fix. Great job and yes sometimes we get lucky. That's where persistence pays off.

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on September 24, 2014 at 12:19 AM

Thanks for the suggestions. I removed the obvious (why didn't I see it?) blue cast and cropped to a more vertical perspective.

Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments

Comment posted by Tjie Poo on September 24, 2014 at 2:26 AM

Excellent capture Allen ! Great details and very nice lighting. I too like the framing of the bird by 2 trees.

Registered on December 4, 2012, 51 Posts, 511 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on September 24, 2014 at 10:22 AM

The re-post is a huge improvement Allen, nice job!

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on September 25, 2014 at 6:52 PM

The repost is much better, Allen.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments