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2 Young Little Owls

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Posted by Vincent Jones on October 3, 2006 at 4:52 AM
2 Young Little Owls
Last of the series of young Little Owls that were re-released back to the wild.

D2X - 400mm AF-S F2.8
ISO 200, F4.2, 1/80sec
Using vehicle as a hide
Posted by Graham Bailey on October 3, 2006 at 5:00 AM
A lovely portrait and an interresting perch. I think the square crop works well too :toast:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on October 3, 2006 at 5:07 AM
Hi Vince a very nice image but I find them very pale and lackluster so I took the liberty (hope You don't mind) of giving them a little tweak with a curve and a little saturation boost.

Phillip.

:toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Chas Spradbery on October 3, 2006 at 8:07 AM
10/10 on the cuteness scale
Posted by Colin Jakes on October 3, 2006 at 8:50 AM
Very nice shot Vincent. I think one of the reasons that this works so well is the diagonal formed by one bird being higher in the frame.

Colin
Posted by John Gardner on October 3, 2006 at 9:39 AM
Maybe its just me but the one on the right looks as if it's been cloned in - the feet don't sit right on the branch and there are no shadows under the claws as with the bird on the left. Nice shot though and if it has been cloned it's quite a good effort.

John
Posted by Terry on October 3, 2006 at 11:58 AM
Another good one Vince and I love the eye contact :smile: I prefer the repost as the original is very light on my monitor.

Terry
Posted by Alan Bryant on October 3, 2006 at 12:50 PM
Awesome :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on October 3, 2006 at 1:18 PM
The repost looks much better to me-cracking image :toast:
Posted by Vincent Jones on October 3, 2006 at 1:32 PM
Thanks for above comments, much appreciated & the repost from Phillip :toast: :toast:

I have just had a look at the shadows on the feet & I see what you mean John, the area around the feet were a bit cloned but on the perch, this was to get rid of some Owl pooh lol. I think I went a bit heavy handed with the cloning tool :eek: Well spotted :cool:

Vince :toast: :toast:
Posted by Alan Woolnough on October 3, 2006 at 1:55 PM
I love it Vince :toast:

Phillip's repost has given it a nice boost to round it off nicely.

Now that John has pointed out the 'shadowless area', maybe it would be worth darkening that section before printing.

Unlikely that the general public would notice, but that is the only flaw in this excellent shot for me {although it took John's eagle eye to pin-point it for me}, and it would be time well spent, polishing it off to perfection!

:toast:

Alan
Posted by Paul Williams on October 4, 2006 at 4:19 AM
Nice shot Vincent, I liked the first one but it has to be said that the repost has more 'punch'.