Barn Owl in flight, #2

[Dan Brown]

Here's another shot of the daytime Barn Owl from the same burst "4fps :-( " This is cropped from 36mpx to 27mpx. I followed Steve Kaluski's great advice and added a B/W copy of the blue channel and selectively erased it to accentuate the wing back light. NR with Noiseware Pro, sharpened with USM. C&C welcome.



Camera Model: NIKON D800, handheld
Shutter speed: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Manual
Exposure compensation: +1 1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 2200, auto ISO
Lens: 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6
Focal length: 400mm
Focal length: 400mm (in 35mm film)
AF mode: AF-C

[arash_hazeghi]

this one has a great pose but heavy noise reduction has smeared the feather details quite a bit...

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

I like it as is, I wish for a warmer feel but this one is great. You are so lucky with these guys!

[dankearl]

Dan, I agree with Arash, unless this was a huge crop, you did not need NR at all in this photo.
The BG and the bird should not need any. I use no NR on the bird ever, even at
ISO 6400.
Nice eye contact and still I would love to have a daylight shot of this owl.