Family Photo

Gallery: AvianPosted April 29, 2016220 views9 comments

Burrowing owl family (mom and chicks) near their burrow (oen chick is halfway down) in Cape Coral, Fl.

Canon 5D3, EF 600mm F/4 II
1/1000s, F/4, ISO 400

Cheers,

Hisham.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 30, 2016 at 11:38 AM

Love the light on in this one Hisham. I might consider a different crop here. I know you were trying to get all three in the frame, but with the left owl being as soft as it is, I would consider cropping him out by ditching some of the left side of the frame.

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Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on April 30, 2016 at 12:32 PM

A pity the one in the hole wasn't on the same plane, but still an effective shot. The lineup of the eyes makes a nice diagonal.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on April 30, 2016 at 3:05 PM

Beautiful light here. Nice shot.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on April 30, 2016 at 5:06 PM

Wonderful light you have here for this family portrait Hisham, I really like the bright-eyed look of the chick in the middle. I agree with Kurt's crop suggestions, I believe it would make it a much more pleasing photograph.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on April 30, 2016 at 6:18 PM

Killer light! Hard to tell if a higher F stop would have allowed you to get all three sharp? I really like the composition here.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 30, 2016 at 7:03 PM

Gorgeous light, Hisham and a nice family image. I do wish the head poking up on the left had been in focus, but not much you could do about that without merging a couple of shots.

devil

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on April 30, 2016 at 9:19 PM

Cool capture. Given how still this species is, I'd have bumped the aperture to 7.1 and dropped the shutter speed to 1/250 and tried to get the little guy on the left sharper. As is, I'd consider Kurt's suggestion.

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Comment posted by Hisham Atallah on April 30, 2016 at 9:37 PM

Thanks for the feedback! Here it is with the third owl cropped. I didn't stop down because I was worried about the bit of grass between the owlets becoming a distraction.

Cheers,

Hisham.

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on July 20, 2016 at 1:03 AM

Wow is all I can say about this one! No nits from me.

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