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Barn Owl Hunting/Enviro

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Posted by Craig Jones on February 24, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Barn Owl Hunting/Enviro
This photo was taken as the sun was setting and it shows a barn owl hunting in its natural habitat,the light makes the photo i feel :biggrin: It was taken at 'parkgate' on the dee estuary where these birds are doing really well :cool: :cool:
All Comments/advice welcome,thanks for looking :smile:

Tech;
D300,600VR
f5.6,1/200
ISO800,-1.0EV,P+P bibble/CS3,slight crop to the top of image

All The Best
Craig Jones
Staffordshire :wavey:
Posted by Des Ong on February 24, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Wow, what wonderful colours/setting. :toast:
Posted by Justin on February 24, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Very nice indeed.
I love these types of images with the bird small in the frame and surrounded by plenty of habitat and this is an excellent example of that style of shot.
The composition works great as does the birds pose with the wings raised.
:cool: :toast:
Posted by Terry Whittaker on February 24, 2009 at 4:27 PM
I really like the bands of vegetation and the perfectly placed owl. The wing blur makes it even better.

Cheers

Terry
Posted by Bob Cox on February 24, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Thats very nice, the back lighting and the warm glow work well.

Bob.
Posted by Andrew Pilkington on February 24, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Really captures the way most people probably get to see and enjoy these birds. I feel as though I'm sat in the car anjoying the view, nice one :toast:
ANdy
Posted by Robert Lawrence on February 25, 2009 at 4:41 AM
An excellent image Craig. Everything is working on this, the composition, light and subject all combine to make a very good example of the environmental type of picture.
Robert
Posted by PhilH on February 25, 2009 at 9:04 AM
certainly works well for me, just wonder if a little bit of selective NR on the OOF area would help

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Drew Mellowship on February 25, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Well, what can i say, yours is better than mine, much better. Lovely colours and setting, great shot Craig !

Drew :smile:
Posted by Craig Jones on February 25, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Thank you for all your kind comments :cool: and to drew mellowship above, your image is very good and no worse or better than my drew :biggrin: its very good saying you took it with a 180mm :razz: i,m learning everyday drew,i'm an aspiring amauter wildlife photographer with a passion for wildlfe,keep trying as i do but never think other people's work is better,sorry for the lecture drew but post loads of images and learn from what people say on here,good or bad :biggrin: I wish you all the best and look forward to your next post :cool: :cool:

All The Best
craig Jones
Staffordshire
:wavey:
Posted by Fran French on February 25, 2009 at 12:42 PM
A very nice image with great colour. Agree with Phil about the noise areas, but it is an image I would be happy to get !

Fran :toast:
Posted by Ian Mason on February 25, 2009 at 1:33 PM
I love it! The colours are great and the bird is positioned just nicely. I feel as if I'm sitting on a park bench watching the action. (I say that because there is a park bench overlooking the field where I saw my one and only barn owl)
Posted by Mark Hamblin on February 26, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Great shot. Works really well sand the colours are lovely. Cheers, Mark
Posted by Magnus Hird on February 28, 2009 at 2:16 PM
This is certainly how I'd like to see a barn owl - that is in some decent light! Like this again Craig, agree about some noise in the top OOF section :smile: