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Power Flight (c)

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Posted by Vincent Jones on March 26, 2007 at 5:46 AM
Power Flight (c)
(c) in title for captive bred

This is Kaln, a European Eagle Owl I work with.

This was taken during the snow period we had in this year, the background is untouched & the whole image is more or less straight from the camera with just a bit of sharpening using unsharpen mask in CS2.

D2X
Nikon 200mm F2 VR
ISO 400, F4.5, 1/2500th sec
Handheld

Thank for looking
:toast:
Posted by Mark Sisson on March 26, 2007 at 6:05 AM
Looks like it was done in a high-key studio - amazing how the snow has completely burnt out. I too was shooting owls in the snow-storms of early Feb but never had this occur.

Like the reflected light under the far wing too - the best benefit of the conditions imho.

Mark
Posted by Mike Smith on March 27, 2007 at 5:29 AM
Doesn't quite work for me, the point of focus seems to be the far wing, the head and eyes are slightly blurred?