Brancher

Gallery: AvianPosted April 12, 2010186 views16 comments

As Mike Lotito has said in his previous most recent post, his neighbor found this Owlet that fell out of a tree and he gave me call. We had a great time photographing 2 Owlets and 1 parent. I had searched for Owls all winter long and here they were 15 minutes from my house... figures.

Nikon D300s 300 f4 + 1.7X TC HH
f/8
1/640s
ISO 400
-.33 EC

Cropped to 55%, sharpened the owl

- Luke

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 12, 2010 at 10:57 PM

Yeah, well...we all know how good you are at finding Owls.

Pretty cool to have these babies around to pose for you.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on April 12, 2010 at 10:58 PM

Charlie,

Haha yea yea sorry about that! It was great to have it at eye level and we had our choice of backgrounds and angles - unfortunately it was right around noon. The other Owlet was way up in a tree.

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on April 12, 2010 at 11:20 PM

Beautiful owlet and I like the way it is framed by the limbs of the old tree. The lichen on the tree is a nice extra touch of nature in the scene.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 13, 2010 at 12:16 AM

Nice shot, Luke. Baby owls do seem to be just about the epitome of cute.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 13, 2010 at 12:29 AM

I like this a lot as posted. A great bird and setting. I'm really glad you didn't find a way to make this into some sort of panoramic. But I wish you had used a tripod here and made this as sharp as it could have been.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 13, 2010 at 2:19 AM

Cute!!
A little soft, but great comp and catch.
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Carlette Bragg on April 13, 2010 at 6:47 AM

Luke, I like the photo just as it is. I really like the eyes. I had my first chance this year with an Owlet. They remind me of a little teady bear. Wish I had my choice of settings though. Wonderful photo!

Carlette Bragg

Registered on March 19, 2009, 76 Posts, 387 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 13, 2010 at 8:00 AM

Hey Luke, really like how open this is. Most of my owlet shots are surrounded by branches. nice to see you had this oipportunity. Sharpness looks acceptable to me, but could have been better with tripod as Richard suggested.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 13, 2010 at 9:03 AM

good pose, and I love the lichens on the branch. It does look a little soft. I might try a little selective brightening of the eyes to see if I could make them pop out a little more without looking unnatural.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on April 13, 2010 at 9:18 AM

Thanks all.

This is one of the slower SS I used - I have other photos which will be posted that were shot at 1/800 and I think a bit higher. Part of the softness is due to the crop down to 50%.

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Comment posted by Hans Spiecker on April 13, 2010 at 11:01 AM

Fine shot, Luke. Love his stare.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on April 13, 2010 at 12:23 PM

Nice capture Luke. Perfect perch and great pose. Now if I could only find someone around my neighborhood to help me locate these guys....

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on April 13, 2010 at 1:12 PM

An owl baby boom of sorts on NPN! Very nice shot Luke. Given the lighting conditions we had very good job overcoming it.

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Comment posted by Ian Mason on April 13, 2010 at 3:55 PM

What an evil looking creature! That aside, I really like the soft colours and the natural frame. Great shot!

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on April 13, 2010 at 4:20 PM

I look forward to seeing more of this guy from both of you!

Dan

Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on April 15, 2010 at 5:30 PM

What a treat that must have been, wonderful look from this owlet, well done Luke.

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