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Eurasian Eagle Owl (C)

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Posted by Paul Rosser on June 27, 2012 at 3:34 PM
Eurasian Eagle Owl (C)
Hello everyone, not been out much of late, due to our horrid weather :mad: . I thought I'd re-process an old photo instead. I've used the burn tool to add some depth to the rock, cloned out a piece of annying foliage, and lifted some shadow from the eyes. The large posting is jpeg quality 9, as its too big an image at quality 12, it was 1m.

Canon EOS 7D
Canon Ef 400mm 'L'
Tripod
f5.6
1/250 sec
ISO 200
400mm
Processed in Lightroom 4 and CS6
All comments welcome, good or bad.
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on June 27, 2012 at 4:36 PM
Now that is an owl! Stunning detail and perch. Used to have them taking cats in an area near where I lived in Lancashire, an escapee I presume.

Nick. :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :smile: :wavey:
Posted by Neil Burton on June 28, 2012 at 4:48 AM
The big one looks far better, very nice.
Posted by Andy Astbury on June 28, 2012 at 4:50 AM
I'm with Neil - the big one looks far better Paul :toast: :wavey:
Posted by David Sewell on June 28, 2012 at 5:28 AM
I agree that the large one looks better as well. I have noticed it with a number of people's shots and wonder why it is. Is it simply that a larger shot contains more detail (assuming the shot is sharp in the first place)?

David
Posted by keith mitchell on June 28, 2012 at 5:30 AM
Paul as already pointed out the large one looks full of detail and very sharp but i am not sure about the eyes,then again it could be these old eyes of mine :biggrin:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 28, 2012 at 1:01 PM

Impressive bird and the setting really set it off, nicely done, Paul.

Andy... :smile: