I took this after watching this Owl for several mornings to see where it hunted and where it was likely to pick a vantage point to land and have a look around. He'd just had breakfast too hence the blood on the beak and face feathers.
Image is pretty much full frame.
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Exposure: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 500 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: -1/3 EV
Its nice, however I'm not convinced on the composition, here I would have flipped the camera to vertical as the negative space on the left is just that, with the eye contact etc it is not needed, plus I feel a bit of space below is needed for the 'virtual' rest of the body...
Agree in parts with Phil here Graham, with perhaps a tad off the top. Perhaps clone out the feathers that are breaking through the foreground. Colours now work better I feel and does have some punch!
Not sure, but from here it looks a little water colored, like some excessive NR then sharpening has been applied especially around the face, apologies if this isn't the case.
Super shot, I like the compostion, the light and colour are great and the red blood bill adds a slight 'killer' feel to it and reduces sentimentality, super stuff
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13 repliesImage is pretty much full frame.
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Exposure: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 500 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: -1/3 EV
Tim
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Danny
Well done!
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Not sure, but from here it looks a little water colored, like some excessive NR then sharpening has been applied especially around the face, apologies if this isn't the case.
Paul Hobson