Pygmy Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted January 21, 2010269 views20 comments

Seeing Kwan's Great Gray Owl got me to looking through my archives and inspired me to post this little guy. Our local weather hasn't been overly cooperative so I also haven't been out with my camera... sigh..

This is from a few years ago when this Pygmy Owl was on it's way to becoming a local celebrity - we don't many of them locally.

Canon 1D2, 500 f4, ISO 200, 1/100, f10, FF -1 2/3, cropped a little and cloned out the flash catchlight beside the one from the sun.

Comments

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on January 21, 2010 at 11:24 PM

This is fantastic, Ed. I like the look back, the lighting, and the DOF gets the whole bird sharp. Nice one!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 22, 2010 at 12:05 AM

Gorgeous, Ed. The bg works perfectly with the coloration of the owl and this species just about defines "cute". I'm not sure if it's real or my eyes, but I seem to see just a very slight bright halo at the top of the head. It could very well just be a trick of the high contrast in that area.

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Comment posted by Nick Saunders on January 22, 2010 at 3:09 AM

Ed, this photo received an " Oh wow " from me , just from seeing the thumbnail. Gorgeous light and wonderful look back from this little beauty.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 22, 2010 at 6:34 AM

Really like the light Ed - real twilight look

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 22, 2010 at 8:23 AM

Ed, this is stunning. The DOF is super. The colors are just so rich and the head turn is perfect. I love the feel of this image. Very well done.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on January 22, 2010 at 9:23 AM

Gorgeous, Ed! I remember this bird. There were a couple show up at this spot last year, but none seen this winter.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on January 22, 2010 at 10:19 AM

What a cute little guy. Love the overall lighting with the gradient in the background. It works very well.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 22, 2010 at 11:14 AM

wonderful light, very nice head turn and bg. I agree that it looks like there's a bit of a halo on top of the head. This is a beautiful image.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 22, 2010 at 11:28 AM

A real eye catcher! Love the colors here and the pose is great.

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on January 22, 2010 at 12:45 PM

What can you say about this? Its incredible, I love everything about it. Superb composition.

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Comment posted by Rebecka on January 22, 2010 at 1:14 PM

Nothing to add except my congrats. What an unbelievable stunner!!

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on January 22, 2010 at 4:07 PM

Beautiful light, pose and detail.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 22, 2010 at 7:28 PM

Really nice shot Ed. Like the colors and detail alot. Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on January 22, 2010 at 9:15 PM

This is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing this beauty

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Comment posted by Chris Ross on January 23, 2010 at 9:14 AM

Nice shot Ed, like the over the shoulder look and warm light.

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Comment posted by Sandra Hendrikse on January 23, 2010 at 10:28 AM

Fantastic shot with gorgeous light. I love the over the shoulder look.

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Comment posted by Douglas Graham on January 23, 2010 at 6:35 PM

Well done Ed. Love the color and the light. Perfect.

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Comment posted by May Haga on January 24, 2010 at 1:14 PM

Gorgeous.
May

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on January 24, 2010 at 7:49 PM

An excellent image of this little owl Ed. I love the look back and your unusual lighting. I also see that light line on the top of the head but I'm not sure of it's origin. Neat shot and quite unique, esp with that background and pose.

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Comment posted by Ed Dubois on January 24, 2010 at 8:20 PM

Thanks for all the kind words everyone.

Some of you've mentioned seeing some sort of line or halo at the top of the head. I haven't done anything to the image other than what I described so all I can think of is that it's an effect of the high contrast between the feathers and the bright BG.

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