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Barn Owl enviro

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Posted by PhilH on March 2, 2009 at 5:52 AM
Barn Owl enviro
40D, 400/2.8 + 1.4 (560mm), 393 upon tripod
ISO640, 1/800 @ f8, manual metered from the the dry grasses.
ACR5 + resize + sharpen CS4, Full Frame.

Hi,

Spent an enjoyable Saturday afternon with Tony, Brett and Fran and two of these wonderfull birds, could have cropped in closer but prefered the image as shown... the owl had locked onto its prey and was coming in lower and lower....

All the best

Phil
Posted by Brett Lewis on March 2, 2009 at 6:05 AM
That was a great pose wasn't it.. Shame I was at the other end of the field... :rolleyes: Nice one Phil, hope to catch up tomorrow..

Brett :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark sellings on March 2, 2009 at 6:28 AM
Beautiful environment shot - great pose and comp, shame about the tree below it as that draws my eye a bit, but guess you couldn't ask him to move!

:toast: :toast:

Mark
Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 2, 2009 at 6:55 AM
That is a lovely image Phil. No nits at all from my point of view.
Robert
Posted by Paul Gibbs on March 2, 2009 at 7:38 AM
Lovely Phil, i'm most green, we dont have any here :(
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on March 2, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Nice one Phil, great enviro shot.

If you think an extra person on one of your outings wouldn't be unwelcome let me know!

Greg
Posted by jack chapman on March 2, 2009 at 12:17 PM
lovely shot Phil, the pose and lighting are great
Posted by Drew Mellowship on March 2, 2009 at 2:28 PM
Excellent enivro shot, superb colours and comp.

Drew :smile:
Posted by Colin Pickett on March 2, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Hi Phil
I like this image as cropped beautiful light and telling a story. I really dislike the enviro label, how big does the crop have to get before it's no longer an enviro image? The label seems to suggest the image is down graded for some reason when I don't think it should be.

Very nice :toast:
Posted by Justin on March 2, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Hi Phil,

Bet you were pleased with this one and rightly so. It's a cracker.
:toast: :toast:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on March 2, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Very nice and very envious Phil,

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on March 2, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Very nice composition-would look great as a large print on the wall

Dave :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on March 3, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Great capture - the wing position and legs especially. Nicely composed too, like it :smile:
Posted by Fran French on March 5, 2009 at 4:16 PM
A very nice image Phil, love the comp and lighting here, and particularly the pose. It was a very enjoyable and successful day.

See you soon,

Fran :wavey: :toast: