Black and White Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted January 13, 2017438 views12 comments

Black and White owl, ecuador.
Taken during one of Nate Chappell's and Ken Archer's photo workshops in Ecuador - highly recommended!

2010:05:30 17:22:41
D800
500mm
1/160 sec, f/7.1
Mode: Manual
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +2/3
ISO: 800
White balance: Auto
Flash: TTL

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 13, 2017 at 9:12 PM

Very nice image, and a great bird to see. I'd consider darkening the stuff in the top right corner.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 13, 2017 at 9:20 PM

Beautiful bird and an excellent image, Sandy. Well done.

devil

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

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 14, 2017 at 8:02 PM

Richard is spot on. I would stick with his recommendation.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 14, 2017 at 11:21 PM

Beautiful bird, beautiful image. I agree with Richard about darkening the upper right corner.

Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 15, 2017 at 5:45 AM

I remember our encounter with this beauty almost like it happened yesterday.

You captured him very nicely Sandy! I like how the oof background frames the owl. Excellent details.

Sweet One!!!

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on January 15, 2017 at 8:18 AM

Hey, Sandy. Love these owls, maybe should join one of the tours in the future. nice and moody shot ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on January 15, 2017 at 11:15 AM

Sandy, nice find! These are such beautiful birds. When using flash or a spotlight, the brightly-lit background can often be distracting, but I like that you had enough shadow behind to sort of separate the bird from those branches.

I'm curious if you'd be willing to share your technique for eliminating the red eye. I have my own method, but am always interested to hear how others do it.

Max

Registered on September 26, 2008, 428 Posts, 2329 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 15, 2017 at 12:49 PM

Max - lol - I feel really stupid, but about a month ago, I found a red-eye-removal tool in PS6, and I would guess it's in ALL the PS's and Cs's and has been for years. Under the "heal" tool on the left side, is a RED-EYE-REMOVAL tool! I've been doing it manually, and poorly, for years.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Max Waugh on January 15, 2017 at 8:26 PM

Thanks Sandy. I know there are many different techniques that could be used. I use an elliptical marquee to select the pupils, then desaturate the red and lower the levels of the resulting gray to black, which generally works pretty well. What I have not found is a good technique for "white eye."

Max

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on January 16, 2017 at 12:31 PM

Great capture Sandy with nice colors. The upper right corner could use some attention. Well done!

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 20, 2017 at 7:10 PM

Beautiful shot Sandy, I was actually at Sachatamia when you posted this and the owls were still hanging out in the parking lot. Nice job with the red eye reduction and thanks for the kind words. devil

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on February 23, 2017 at 6:10 PM

Stunning capture and beautiful bird. I love the golden-yellows of the beak and leg against the blacks and whites of the feathers.

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