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Autumn Little Owl

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Posted by Lee fisher on November 16, 2010 at 11:02 AM
Autumn Little Owl
A wild little owl captured recently at a friends location.

The late afternoon sun bathed the scene in warm light and the backdrop of autumn trees created this effect.

Big thanks Mark for allowing me access to this fantastic little bird :toast: :toast:

To view large go to gallery

With regards,

Lee

SHOT INFO

Canon 1D Mark iv
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Focal Length 500.0mm
Shooting Mode - Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) - 1/80
Av( Aperture Value ) - 7.1
Metering Mode - Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed - 100
Posted by Neil Burton on November 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM
Breathtaking.
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on November 16, 2010 at 11:30 AM
This is a lovely shot Lee :smile:
The lighting and BG are really nice.
Well captured.

Geoff.
Posted by Ian Mason on November 16, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Excellent! My only wish is that the top right corner had more brown in it, but that's very minor. Composition works very well.
Posted by Paul Rosser on November 16, 2010 at 11:51 AM
A lovely shot Lee. The highlight top right tends to draw the eye a little, but not overly so. Well done! :toast:
Paul Rosser. :wavey:
Posted by Shaun Boycott-Tayl on November 16, 2010 at 12:16 PM
Hi Lee,

stunning shot :toast: :toast: :toast:

Love the background except top right hand corner, but that is the way it was when you too the shot. Nowt you can do about that.

Shaun :wavey:
Posted by Lee fisher on November 16, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Hi Jules, think the post is in the same spot, I just got my camera really low and tried to get as much of the autumn colour background in the frame as possible.
I was sat on the floor of the hide for this one and also cropped my shot slightly at the bottom to remove the green background that was creeping into the frame,
Have got plenty of shots with similar background to yours but tried a few different type of shots at the end of the day trying to get something a bit different.
I'm glad you like it :smile:
Cheers,
Lee
Posted by Roy Bailey on November 16, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Realy good,great eye contact and the perch suits the bird very much.Colours all work together nicely. :toast:
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on November 16, 2010 at 1:35 PM
Great light, eye contact, composition, colours, and BG! :toast: :toast:

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by keith mitchell on November 16, 2010 at 2:27 PM
Lee it's excellent.
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Keith.
Posted by Shaun Simpson on November 16, 2010 at 2:48 PM
Beautiful light :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on November 16, 2010 at 4:27 PM
Everything works on this image Lee and whats more it all works very harmoniously. For some reason that I'm unable to put into words I really like the inclusion of the rusted barbed wire (similar in a way to the rusted perch in Mark Hancox's KF image). Top right corner is easily remedied. Lovely shot.
Posted by Maggie Campbell on November 16, 2010 at 5:11 PM
A stunner Lee :jump: :wavey:
Posted by Mark Davies on November 16, 2010 at 5:39 PM
ticks all the boxes. :toast:
Posted by Andrew Mason on November 17, 2010 at 4:43 AM
Lee, cracking image. Given the set up, I wondered what it would look like without the barb wire? Andrew
Posted by Ian Haskell on November 17, 2010 at 5:33 PM
Nice...I was expecting Jules to post one of these.

Ian
Posted by Brian Scott on November 18, 2010 at 7:31 PM
Looks good to me mate :toast: