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Barn owl (c)

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Posted by David Sewell on September 2, 2010 at 5:26 PM
Barn owl (c)
I am not normally a huge fan of captive shots, but finding my portfolio severely lacking in owl pictures I recently attended a Bird of Prey Workshop with the hope of filling in some of the gaps. The weather was not great, but it was good to meet several people who up until now had only been UKNP names to me, and I thoroughly enjoyed my day. I shall probably post several shots from this outing, but so far have only had time to process a tiny handful of the many photos I took.

This is my favourite so far.

David

Nikon D300, 600mm Nikon, 400iso, 1/250th @f4.0
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 2, 2010 at 6:36 PM
A lovely shot with great eye contact :smile:
Well done David.

Geoff.
Posted by Graham Goddard on September 3, 2010 at 2:22 AM
Vinnies place if I'm not mistaken - nice eye contact :toast:
Posted by Calum Dickson on September 3, 2010 at 5:11 AM
Great detail in this David, this will plug the hole in your portfolio.

:toast: :toast:
Calum
Posted by Paul Rosser on September 3, 2010 at 9:44 AM
Nothing wrong with this. A nice image, workshops can be really good fun, and some good images come from them, even though it's a controlled environment.
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 3, 2010 at 10:21 AM

It's a good looking image David, very good job on the whites too and no nits.

Andy...
Posted by Shaun Simpson on September 3, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Hi David really impressed with this image, what workshop was it as I was thinking of doing one but not sure if its worth it, any info would be fantastic Shaun :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Sewell on September 3, 2010 at 4:09 PM
Shaun,

If I understand the rules of the site properly, I am not supposed to post details of workshops on it. I can see why the rule exists, but in some respects it is a shame as I would at least like to thank those involved. Drop me an e-mail and I will gladly furnish details.

David
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on September 4, 2010 at 4:26 AM
Brilliant detail David,sending pm

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Des Ong on September 4, 2010 at 4:56 PM
You must be way back with D300 & a 600mm Dave :eek: :biggrin:

Regards,

Des
Posted by Maggie Campbell on September 4, 2010 at 5:19 PM
Captive or not, a beautiful portrait David. I shouldn't mind attending a workshop to get an image like this. I certainly have never managed to get any in the wild.