A classic Barn Owl pose, breaks a rule but here I don't think that makes any difference... perhaps makes the image more haunting, I might however lose just a bit from the top and left just to place the owl higher in the frame... it just feels that it should be nearer the top.
Posted by Craig Jones on December 5, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Love how they hang like this and you have captured that very well here major,lovely
Hi Major
Fantastic shot, it looks like a painting and I love the unconventional pose which I think adds rather than detracts from the image. The wing position, muted light and the perfect amount of background detail to hint at the habitat without taking away from the owl. I too would crop a bit from the top but for me, only from the top. Really, really strong image.
Cheers
Andy
Posted by John Robinson on December 5, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Sounds like another persons title Major !
Good one though. Keep doing stuff like this and you'll get to be in the club
Cheers
John
Posted by Peter Cairns on December 6, 2009 at 4:42 AM
Nice, different.
Pete
Posted by Fran French on December 6, 2009 at 11:50 AM
A very nice image Major, and I like the classic pose of him looking down on dinner. Nice one.
Fran
Posted by Guy Rogers on December 6, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Hello Major.
Love the feel to this and the pose captured is just right, I dont think the eye matters in this image as the Barn Owl is watching its prey.
The only nit for me would be to do something about the dark blob on the left side of the frame. I just feel it does not match the rest of the background and it wouldnt take much to remove it.
Posted by Edwin kats on December 6, 2009 at 3:06 PM
This is amazing for a wild Barn owl. I would be very pleased and I know you are.
Cracking.
Edwin Kats
Posted by David Lloyd on December 6, 2009 at 3:20 PM
This is a terrific painterly image of a barn owl, and a refreshing break from the norm...
I wonder what you'd think if you were to crop a half inch or so away from the top of the image - as so to give a feeling of the owl being at a great height?
But otherwise wonderful
David
Posted by Major Gilbert on December 6, 2009 at 3:52 PM
Thanks for your comments everyone. I always thought that there was a certain something about this image but several times have threatened to bin it. Agree about the dark area on the left but kept the room at the top to give that view of the background trees looking whole. Thought the crop would make them look a bit chopped off so to spaek.
Cheers.
Major.
Posted by Ian Haskell on December 8, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Hi Major - just caught up with this one. Nice painterly feel and tones throughout. Not too bothered about not having eye contact.
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Major.
liam.
Fantastic shot, it looks like a painting and I love the unconventional pose which I think adds rather than detracts from the image. The wing position, muted light and the perfect amount of background detail to hint at the habitat without taking away from the owl. I too would crop a bit from the top but for me, only from the top. Really, really strong image.
Cheers
Andy
Good one though. Keep doing stuff like this and you'll get to be in the club
Cheers
John
Pete
Fran
Love the feel to this and the pose captured is just right, I dont think the eye matters in this image as the Barn Owl is watching its prey.
The only nit for me would be to do something about the dark blob on the left side of the frame. I just feel it does not match the rest of the background and it wouldnt take much to remove it.
Cracking.
Edwin Kats
I wonder what you'd think if you were to crop a half inch or so away from the top of the image - as so to give a feeling of the owl being at a great height?
But otherwise wonderful
David
Cheers.
Major.
Ian