Portrait of Barnadette

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted June 3, 2017232 views4 comments

No, that is not really this barn owl's name. It was at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Park. I really liked the soft subtle colors and details of the feathers and the pensive look in it's eye. Canon 5D3, f11, 1/320 sec, iso 320, -1 EV, 100-400 ISL at 400 mm, HH, Slight crop from top and bottom. Thanks for your thoughts.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on June 4, 2017 at 7:25 AM

Barn owls are cute little mousers. I like the head detail and wish that there was a little more DOF to include those speckled head feathers. However, more DOF would compromise the OOF BG. Otherwise, a nice portrait of one of my favorite owls......................Jim

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Comment posted by David Bogener on June 10, 2017 at 1:08 PM

Nice portrait. Wish for a little more detail in the dark eye, but I have the same problem with barn owls, DOF looks OK.

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on June 11, 2017 at 2:50 PM

Very nice, Ed. I have never had an owl of any kind to pose for me yet! I agree with David about the light around the eye. Maybe you could just open up the shadows there. It is a wonderful portrait of this beautiful owl.

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on June 22, 2017 at 2:03 AM

A good owl portrait, Ed. The blown highlights on the nose feathers is a little distracting but otherwise very nice.

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