New Year's Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted February 1, 2014189 views8 comments

This is a photograph from New Year's Day. I cropped the original (which was taken utilizing the 1.3X cropped mode on the D7100) to about 75%.

Nikon D7100 300mm f4 + 1.7X TC HH lying down on beach
f/8
1/1600s
ISO 500
1.3X Crop Mode

Cropped to 75%, adjustments in LR and CS5

- Luke

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 1, 2014 at 12:55 PM

A pleasing image, relying on a few simple compositional elements.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on February 1, 2014 at 3:27 PM

Luke I like the general composition and I am a big fan of this type of shot ,but that dark piece of foliage in front of the bird does draw my eye a bit to much I'm afraid, sure others will see it differently. Must be great having these birds down on the beach,
Keith.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on February 1, 2014 at 5:07 PM

Did your owl-spotting wife find this one, too? LOL! This image shows just how important it is to capture those eyes! In this case, the carry the entire image. Sharon

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on February 1, 2014 at 5:16 PM

Excellent composition, the eyes are almost hypnotic. Nice work Luke.

Ray

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on February 1, 2014 at 6:25 PM

A wonderfully whimsical capture, love the soft pin hole feel of the image.

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Comment posted by Ákos Lumnitzer on February 1, 2014 at 11:32 PM

Love these OOF foreground type photos. You've done an excellent job presenting this Luke!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 2, 2014 at 2:39 PM

Sweet image, Luke. I love the ethereal quality created by the oof foreground dune and the included foliage. Well done.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on February 2, 2014 at 3:33 PM

Nice shot of this snowy owl. I like how the FG and BG OOF zones create an ethereal, ghostly atmospheric effect for the owl. The foilage in front of the bird doesn't bother me. Nice way to start the new year.

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