Nice Little Owl

[Tiago Caravana]

Hello Natugraphers :)

Today I bring you a nice and collaborative Little Owl that saved my day, after a very bad hidrohide session.

With this photo I was experimenting 2 things: post processing techniques and my new D4 :bg3:

EXIF: Nikon D4 | 500mm f4 + TC1.4X | f8 | 1/1250 | ISO1600

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3834/10657496546_e0190708e0_o.jpg

C&C are very very welcome!

[Doug Brown]

I like the pose and the single out-of-place feather on the bird's head. I would like to see a bit more of the perch. And you have a green cast to the image that should be easily correctable.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I love that feather too! Great calling or yawning? pose. I thought of suggesting a vertical because of the light spots in the bg but I like the comp as posted so my suggestion would be to darken the lighter area of the bg a little to make it less distracting.

[Tiago Caravana]

I like the pose and the single out-of-place feather on the bird's head. I would like to see a bit more of the perch. And you have a green cast to the image that should be easily correctable.

Thank you Doug.

I really removed a diagonal branch in PP. Can you please tell me in what part of the image are you seeing the green cast?

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hi Tiago, lovely pose and a neat perch - too bad there is not more of it showing. The image in general has a greenish/cyan cast and adding some reds would help negate that. I would also patch up the bit of processing artefacts from the branch you cloned out in lower left corner and right of the perch. Congrats on the new toy!!

[Dan Busby]

Hi Tiago. Very nice calling pose of this sweet species. I don't know the species but it does look a bit green overall but shows up mostly in the white feathers. As per Daniel's comment it can easily be corrected. I would like to see a bit more space at the bottom.

[Tiago Caravana]

Thank you all for your support! You're the best :)
I'm devolloping/starting my PP techniques and my eyes and technique aren't that trained yet.

I've redone it from scratch with a lower crop and with your C&C in mind.
Cheryl I just don't know how can I darken the brighter parts of the FG without making it look unnatural.

More C&C are very welcome :)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3802/10680125964_5410b69383_o.jpg

[Tiago Caravana]

Sorry I clipped the image that I first posted.

Here it is for comparison

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3834/10657496546_c1cfc3552c_b.jpg

[Doug Brown]

Tiago was kind enough to send me his RAW file, and I took the liberty of doing a quick reprocess of it. The white balance is different (warmer) and I've opted for less contrast.

[Tiago Caravana]

Thank you Doug, it does look more real

[Humberto Ramos]

Doug's version is perfect...