The Ghost -Barn Owl +

In almost near darkness and having had no luck during the whole day,out of nowhere this Barn Owl came hunting this evening almost like a ghost and made me jump
All Comments And Advice Welcome

Techs;
Nikon D3s
Nikon F4VR600
F4,1/320
iso 4000,-0.3ev
Matrix
PP-LR2.6,CS3,Full Frame

Thanks For Looking

Nice when that happens Craig!
Lovely shot,well caught!


Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk

Hi Craig

Pretty incredible for ISO 4000 and a very nice barn owl habitat shot. Perhaps a slither off the bottom maybe

Cheers

Andy

Beautiful image - I wouldn't have even wondered about the iso, but that is pretty amazing.

Impressive shot at ISO 4000....even for a Nikon...
Well done mate!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Nicely done. Enjoying that D3s?v

That's a great way to finish your day. I think I would shave a bit off, especially at the bottom and turn it into a more panoramic frame, but otherwise superb.

David

This a really atmospheric image and I love the owl floating above the light foreground in the darker area. I would be interested to see a darker version, so it was more representative of twilight, with the upper area becoming nearly featureless and the owl dominating the upper part of the frame. Even a tad of blue or magenta in the colour balance to give that late evening feel. (I might not like it of course, but still interested to see it!).

Lovely shot Craig

I too would take a bit off the bottom but thats just personal opinion

Thank you all for your kind comments I have posted this image for john macpherson as he asked for a darker one and the image is very real to what I saw at the time with my eyes hence the title 'The Ghost' because I did'nt see the owl at first,and when I did it made me jump The camera captured it as in the first image with amazing results but I have darkened this image to try and replicate the lack of natural light at the time and cropped it,hope that makes sense .Thanks all

very nice shots Craig, all the more impressive given the high ISO. I prefer the top one and would also crop a little from the bottom.

Matt

Thanks Craig - that looks more 'real' to my eyes! It might seem like splitting hairs, but this is such a beautifully subtly lit image, it might be that the 'best' image is somewhere between the two you've presented. Either way its a lovely lovely shot!

Better with a bit off the bottom Craig - drop the contrast a tad on the owl in the second image and you'll be about right..

A pleasing result at that high ISO and I'm looking forward to seeing my local bird again.. It's just started coming back after a couple of weeks away..

Brett

A brilliant shot - well both are -but I think I prefer the second.

Great and impressive shot, Graig. I prefer the second one.

Thanks everyone and I think this one is about in the middle of the two

don't you just love that high ISO capability with the D3/D3s cameras - awesome. This is nice Craig - I actually prefer the first posting as I like the bird higher in the frame myself.

cheers

Colin

I like them all. Hard to choose between the three so I won't. Excellent indeed.