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Barn Owl (resting)

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted March 9, 2011400 views14 comments

This barn owl was one of three I was watching, this one decided to take a rest, there was one without a ring and would have loved that one to land but I have to be happy with this full frame shot so decided I am not bothered about the ring.Forgot to say just cloned out a couple of dark bands of dark earth and a bit of pooh.

Canon 1DMK4, Canon 500f4L + 1.4 convertor, ISO 100, f6.3, 1/1000

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Edwin kats on March 9, 2011 at 2:47 PM

And here we go again. Another great barny in beautiful light

Well done and keep them coming.

Edwin

Registered on April 24, 2006, 177 Posts, 399 Comments

Comment posted by Neil Burton on March 9, 2011 at 3:06 PM

Who is looking at the damn post?

Registered on September 16, 2010, 26 Posts, 461 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Haskell on March 9, 2011 at 3:47 PM

Nice post and photo who ever it belongs to... Nice capture and composition. Glad you have a nice shot of the owl and pleased to see it in full frame. I particularly like the feather detail being shown in the wing. As others have said the catch light doesn't look right.

Ian

Registered on October 30, 2008, 24 Posts, 673 Comments

Comment posted by Karen Summers on March 9, 2011 at 5:12 PM

Have realised what I have done didn t unsharpen from the larger image when I resized to 720 and sharpened it again and it oversharpened the eye, this one I think looks better, thats trying to process while having a drink of wine lol, cloning may look different in this one have redone this image just to show the mistake about the resizing.

Registered on December 3, 2009, 83 Posts, 818 Comments

Comment posted by Chris O'Reilly on March 9, 2011 at 5:13 PM

Sticking with image critique, I really like the bird's relaxed pose and the slightly off-centre composition. The eye-highlight looks fine in the large version and it is possibly a facet of compression in the smaller image? Overall the light conditions add to the image.

On a personal note, I'm not a fan of rings in the shot unless it is to illustrate a point (breed and release, bird research, etc) but that is just me.

Congrats on your continued success with owls, Karen.

Cheers,
Chris

Registered on May 30, 2008, 8 Posts, 65 Comments

Comment posted by Karen Summers on March 9, 2011 at 5:17 PM

Thanks Chris, not keen on the ring myself might have to look at simons cloning out method

Registered on December 3, 2009, 83 Posts, 818 Comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on March 9, 2011 at 6:01 PM

Hi Karen
I think the owl is smashing - spot on (except for the ring

-sorry I,m an anti !) but there's something about the perch that doesn't feel right to me. No big deal but is the ivy actually growing ?
Cheers
John

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by Karen Summers on March 10, 2011 at 2:01 AM

Thanks John, the post was been put in by Nigel a while ago, so the ivy is still alive in parts and I know it was there in January so you would have thought it would be all dead so not sure wether it roots itself in the ground, I have bumped into him several times since I have been here and he has been trying for the shot, I didn t even expect anything to land on it to be honest but beggars can t be choosers thats what I say.

Don t mind you querying Jules would love to be doing what you are doing I can see you putting the hours in, but sadly I don t have the time and probably won t visit here till next year, I admire your patience and the work you put in getting your images I would love to do it.

Registered on December 3, 2009, 83 Posts, 818 Comments

Comment posted by Craig Jones on March 10, 2011 at 7:33 AM

Beautiful image, love the composition and lighting the repost is much better Karen

Registered on January 31, 2009, 67 Posts, 316 Comments

Comment posted by Justin on March 10, 2011 at 11:51 AM

A fine portrait in nice light.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 106 Posts, 1697 Comments

Comment posted by Lizzie Shepherd on March 10, 2011 at 2:46 PM

Gorgeous light and positioning - well done!

Registered on March 2, 2011, 18 Posts, 120 Comments

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on March 10, 2011 at 4:12 PM

This is lovely Karen, both bird and perch.
The 2nd upload is slightly better.
Well done.

Geoff.

Registered on August 20, 2010, 192 Posts, 980 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Ellard on March 11, 2011 at 3:19 PM

The bird is stunning

I can't comment on the post most of mine are on white metal gate posts!

Registered on December 17, 2010, 60 Posts, 634 Comments

Comment posted by Danny Green on March 13, 2011 at 5:55 PM

Thats lovely Karen, nice to meet you the other day. Hope you had a good week.

Danny

Registered on November 27, 2005, 70 Posts, 313 Comments