Sweet Face

Gallery: AvianPosted April 14, 2010122 views11 comments

Here's that little cutie again. I really liked this one with the dreamy curious head to the skies. The fuzzy feathers glow all around him and It kinda bothers me. Is it ok?.
Canon 7D 300 mm 2.8 L lens with 2X
ISO 250 7.1 @1/100 Again wish I had upped the ISO a bit.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on April 14, 2010 at 10:17 PM

Love this big talons. I don't mind the "glow" at all. This looks straight out of a children's book - going to have to put a hold on my owlet images until you're all done!

- Luke

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

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 14, 2010 at 10:26 PM

The fuzzy glow doesn't bother me, Cheryl. I love the pose. The oof bg seems to have an odd bokeh-do you get that often?

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 15, 2010 at 12:51 AM

This is great, Cheryl. That look is priceless...

Registered on October 18, 2006, 644 Posts, 4801 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 15, 2010 at 7:55 AM

Cheryl, I love the pose and the angle of the tree...but with this one I can't get past the BG (sorry). Did you do something in processing? It almost looks like artifacts from cloning? Maybe, just a weird moment, but unfortunately, I find it distracting. You know I love your work, so sorry to tell you that, but have to be honest.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 15, 2010 at 10:21 AM

Hey everyone thanks for the comments. Kurt , no cloning at all on this. What I did do was burn the highlited edges somewaht of the owl which I think I may have overdone? I thought the bottom right of the owl looks like it was cloned but wasn't touched at all except for the burning. That's what I meant about the fuzzy bright feathers. The weird bokeh I think is from the wind blowing and the slow ss? That's all I can think of. Thanks for the honest critique

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on April 15, 2010 at 1:45 PM

Cheryl,
I really like the expression of this cute Owl. I'd like to have this in my files. Really nice!

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Moore on April 15, 2010 at 4:52 PM

To quote another member -" Your killin me with all these Owl shots".
Another very nice one. Keep them comming.

Dan

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

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on April 15, 2010 at 8:14 PM

Cute little sucker, and I do like that pose. Didn't even notice the "glow".

I get weird bokeh with a TC sometimes. Not sure if that's the case with your combo.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 513 Posts, 6889 Comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 15, 2010 at 8:22 PM

Nice look upward, and while the bg is a little "weird", esp. around the back, this is still very nice. Sharon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on April 16, 2010 at 8:28 AM

Just love the contrast of textures here ! The beautiful eye and powerful talons add to it.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Lotito on April 17, 2010 at 9:19 AM

Cheryl,

I just can't get enough of these baby owls. Wonderful and touching shot!

Registered on June 26, 2009, 181 Posts, 1558 Comments