The Eyes Have it

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4 replies

Posted by Barry Southon on April 25, 2008 at 11:29 AM

Encountered this Barred Owl whilst driving backed up and he sat for me 200 shots and only one deleted.

Used the 1D3 handheld through the window. Sigma 50mm-500mm 1:4-6.3APO DG HSM

ISO320 f/6.3 417mm 1/160th sec Auto focus

Raw to lightroom to CP3 to resize for posting untouched in PP

Critique and comments most welcome.

Thanks

Barry

Kansas / Eastbourne

Posted by Ian Mason on April 25, 2008 at 3:45 PM

Nice scene and very nice bird. If it is untouched, I think a round or two of USM might be worthwhile. There's a distracting "something" behind his head, which would be easily removed. What a fantastic experience!

Posted by Bertl Menegoni on April 26, 2008 at 1:33 AM

What a lucky meeting with this beautiful bird, Barry
I cant tell you how many trees I have scanned
the last times I was out.

Greetings

Bertl Menegoni
Innsbruck
Austria

Posted by Paul Inglis on April 26, 2008 at 6:22 AM

Hi Barry,

Very nice capture!

Posted by eric weight on April 26, 2008 at 8:53 AM

Nice shot Barry, I'd justy get rid of that thing by its head. I like the way it stands out despite being in a fairly cluttered environment.

Eric