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barn owl

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Posted by lewis phillips on June 11, 2008 at 8:42 AM
barn owl
alright chaps.

one from last summer in the county of norfolk.

all the best

:wavey:
Posted by Paul Inglis on June 11, 2008 at 9:07 AM
Hi Lewis,

Looks like a fabulous sunset! Silhouetting the Owl works great! Lovely composition!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on June 11, 2008 at 9:11 AM
What a cracker of a comp Lewis - lovely shot :toast:

Two things by way of crit (who's just been reading MS's post!??) Lewis - it's a tad soft and that top grass head would have to go for me.

A pass or two of USM at 30, 0.3, 0 would just sharpen the image nicely - but it's a really nice image, well done :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Matt Cole on June 11, 2008 at 9:57 AM
very nice composition and colours. Lovely.

Matt
Posted by Frederic Desmette on June 11, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Lovely silhouette, nice composition.nice colours. For me there is too much black at the bottom of the picture. I would crop it a bit. Best wishes.
Frederic
Posted by Daniel Read on June 11, 2008 at 10:09 AM
I like this a lot, although I agree with Frederic that there is a bit too much black at the bottom, and a crop would improve things.

Cheers,

Dan.
Posted by Tim Munsey on June 11, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Hi Lewis,
Definitely a good one, I'm quite happy with the black bit I would remove a thin slice off the top taking away the white cloud. Nice one

Tim
Posted by jack chapman on June 11, 2008 at 12:16 PM
i do like the comp very much, but i tend to agree with others, that the bottom is just too featureless and dark, also like Andy says it's a bit soft
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on June 11, 2008 at 1:02 PM
Hello Lewis,
when I press F11 I can see the picture complete on my monitor. And I like it a lot.
Very good job.
Greetings,
Bertl
Posted by Alan Woolnough on June 11, 2008 at 2:36 PM
Works for me Lewis :toast:

Alan
Posted by Steve Marple on June 11, 2008 at 2:55 PM
I'd like to see a repost with less JPEG compression, then the blockiness in the sky and the JPEG artifacts around the bird should disappear. The image is only 45Kb and I think you can upload upto 200Kb. I have a suspicion that the lack of sharpness that others have reported is related to the compression, solve that problem and the finer details might return.

Nice image, but I agree about cropping some of the dark area form the bottom.
Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 11, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Very atmospheric image-i would like to see it cropped to landscape to remove most of the black at the bottom

Dave
Posted by Rob Howard on June 11, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Hi Lewis,

I agree re cropping, sharpness and compression. Other than those it's a greta shot of a great bird.

Regards

Rob
Posted by eric weight on June 12, 2008 at 1:03 AM
I don't want to repeat the nits that have already been covered, so I will just say that I think it is an excellent picture. I am sure you have a good enough original to rectify the nits and make it into a real beauty. It's certainly an eye-catching shot.
:wavey: :toast: Eric
Posted by Paul Thomas on June 12, 2008 at 4:38 AM
A very nice "mood shot". I think a bit off the bottom would help.

:toast:

Paul