Little owl

Gallery: AvianPosted November 15, 201583 views7 comments

Another image of this Little owl from earlier in the year.

Thanks to those who viewed or posted a comment on the previous thread.

Steve

Subject: Little owl (Athene noctua) standing on post
Location: UK
Camera: Canon 1DX
Lens: 200-400f/4 (560mm) Gitzo tripod/Whimberley head MK2
Exposure: 1/1600s at f/6.3 ISO400
Original format: Portrait, very slight crop.
Subject distance: 7.6m
Processed via: LR CC (2015) & PS CC 2014

Note: The subject is fully wild and completely unconstrained. Besides the potential impact of my presence, nothing has been done to intentionally alter or affect the ongoing behavior of the subject and, of course, there has been no use of any form of bait or other form of wildlife attractants (including vocalisations) in the capture of this image.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 15, 2015 at 8:37 AM

Superb detail, Steve, and a nice pose and perch. Given the bg and light available, a little more dof to put the whole perch and tail in focus might have been nice. I think we get in the habit of keeping the iso low from the old days, but with modern bodies, especially with the 1DX, and modern noise reduction software I don't see any reason to do so. Still a really nice shot.

devil

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

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on November 15, 2015 at 9:17 AM

'I think we get in the habit of keeping the iso low from the old days, but with modern bodies, especially with the 1DX, and modern noise reduction software I don't see any reason to do so.'

110% with you on this Dennis, that has been my 'philosophy' for the last 18 months. So many times you see such low SS and posting on the web being not huge in size, can often hide the true nature to the original capture. A lot of my stuff has been around ISO1600 to 6400 and any 'noise' easily corrected at the PP stage. Yes a bit more DoF say f/9 would have been better, but I really just wanted the detail in the face and let the rest drift off, if you know what I mean.

Cheers
Steve crying

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on November 15, 2015 at 9:35 AM

I like this very much. Interesting angle to show off the owl. Nice background as a result. I don't mind the dof at all. I think we often get caught up in another trap of thinking the entire subject has to be contained within the dof. Looks great to me.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on November 15, 2015 at 9:43 AM

'I think we often get caught up in another trap of thinking the entire subject has to be contained within the dof.'

Seems we are all on the same hymn sheet today Keith enlightened

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on November 16, 2015 at 7:12 AM

Nice setting for this owl. Share your thoughts on the ISO/DOF remarks ! Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on November 16, 2015 at 11:34 AM

Nice pose, perch, details and background Steve. What's not to like. I also agree with the comments regarding iso/dof in images. Nice work!

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on November 17, 2015 at 1:54 PM

Beautifully captured Stephan.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments