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Last one -honest !

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Posted by John Robinson on August 2, 2010 at 3:14 PM
Last one -honest !
Little Owl
The only one I got of the bird away from the barn except the one in the tree. Can't make my mind up about including the poo and the whole hinge on the old gate post. Had terrible noise probs in the background too which has made it go a bit odd. Tried to keep the late evening effect by not brightening it too much. One of my favourites anyway. been a wonderful experience. Not seen the young for a while now. Maybe they or the adults will be back next year and we can start again !
D200 Sigma 50-500
800 ISO 25th @f7.1
Cheers
JR
Posted by Paul Rosser on August 2, 2010 at 3:21 PM
Nice comp John, you could have cloned the poo out though, lol. :biggrin:
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Bronia Klima on August 2, 2010 at 3:34 PM
Great shot John thanks for sharing your wonderful shots of the owls
Bronia
Posted by Brett Lewis on August 2, 2010 at 3:39 PM
A special series it has been.. The light looks very tricky with more on the perch and less on the bird.. Handled well John and thanks for sharing..

Brett :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on August 2, 2010 at 3:55 PM
Thanks.
yes Brett - I only have to lift my head up an inch and the bird brightens up ! Blasted flat screen jobs :biggrin:
JR
Posted by Karen Summers on August 2, 2010 at 4:17 PM
the light must have tricky for you John but you have done a good job, the poo is fine for me a nice natural look
Posted by Nigel Spencer on August 2, 2010 at 4:30 PM
No need to make this "the last one - honest" as I and probably many other have enjoyed looking at them all. Another great image. I would consider a small ammount off the bottom so the crop runs just above the bottom of the hinge, and then off the left if it needs to be balanced. But another great image that many people would love to have in their collections.

Nigel
www.nigelspencer.co.uk
Posted by Paul King on August 2, 2010 at 5:08 PM
me Sir! me Sir! can I come and play Sir ??? look forward to next years batch John well good. :toast:
Posted by Des Ong on August 3, 2010 at 5:58 AM
Poo is good. What's the light source coming from the left? It's given the entire LHS a bit of a reddish cast to it. Otherwise all good. It's great to follow the development of the family, thanks for that John.

Regards,

Des
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on August 3, 2010 at 6:08 AM
Hi John a very very nice image.

Phil.

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Posted by David Kjaer on August 3, 2010 at 8:57 AM
Hi John

Very nice - the poo is fine :smile:

David :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on August 3, 2010 at 2:47 PM
Owl, post, moss, hinge and faeces all look great to me as well as the BG. Another cracker.

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Posted by Jeff Harrison on August 4, 2010 at 3:25 AM
I can only echo the previous comment - a great series John. well done :toast: :toast: