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Lowl Pair

by Bob Johnson

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted July 28, 2011188 views7 comments
I have spent the past few nights in the company of a little owl family. This is the first time that the two youngsters have sat together and of course the sun was behind a cloud and a bit of grass got in the way!:wink:

Bob:smile:

50% Crop

1D mkIV
500f4
ISO400
1/500
f4

Pipe lagging on 4x4 window for support.

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 28, 2011 at 9:18 PM
Looks a little soft but I like the perch and the intense stare. Perhaps a bump in temp would help this image
Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments
Comment posted by Oscar Dewhurst on July 29, 2011 at 7:19 AM
Love the intense stare they are giving you! Sharpness looks ok to me, but it looks very noisy given that it was ISO 400. Agree about a small bump in temp as well :toast:

Oscar :wavey:
Registered on August 6, 2009, 85 Posts, 502 Comments
Comment posted by Bob Johnson on July 29, 2011 at 7:47 AM
Thanks for the comments fellas. It was fairly gloomy which accounts for some of the noise. In addition I have very little time to spare on preparing images so I now concentrate on posting quickly prepared images of interest such as my 'stoat mum' rather than beautifully PS crafted images. Anyway I am rubbish on the computer :wink:

Bob :smile:
Registered on December 8, 2010, 17 Posts, 169 Comments
Comment posted by keith mitchell on July 29, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Hi Bob.
The Sharpness looks ok to me and when it comes to noise sorry but these old eyes can't see it ,keep posting these interesting images i like it!

Keith.
:smile:
Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments
Comment posted by Bertl Menegoni on July 29, 2011 at 1:27 PM
Hi Bob, these eyes attract my glance very strong, no problem with the grass.
:wavey:
Registered on November 19, 2007, 24 Posts, 265 Comments
Comment posted by Phil Ellard on July 29, 2011 at 2:07 PM
:wavey: no complaints about noise or sharpness from me as you say it is 50% and i know how little time you spend processing :wink: lovely to see the results of all the time you do spend in the field. Very nice and great to see 2 together. :toast: :toast:
Registered on December 17, 2010, 60 Posts, 634 Comments
Comment posted by Graham Goddard on July 30, 2011 at 6:12 AM
There is a bit of noise, but that can be solved Bob :wink: Super characters this pair :wavey:
Registered on November 21, 2008, 66 Posts, 253 Comments