Little owl Enviro shot

[dennis greenwood]

This is another shot of the male from my site,i have tried to get him on the ground on a few occasions recently having had to miss some perched shots ,however he decided to drop down for a wander yesterday ,F4 300mm AV ISO 800 1/400 SEC https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2932/14328621385_49e5e8a1dc_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nQaVWi)Little owl Enviro shot June 2014 (https://flic.kr/p/nQaVWi) by den9112 (https://www.flickr.com/people/58980779@N04/), on Flickr

[William Dickson]

Nice one Dennis. Well done I think the grass looks lovely aswell as the bird. The grass colours blend with the BG perfectly.

[Marina Scarr]

Nicely done with what you had to work with. Love the green with your owl, and especially those taller grasses. The owl has a great look back pose. I only wish for no cement on the left but not sure the image would be well balanced without it.

[Arthur Morris]

My critique is in the repost. Questions welcome.

[John Robinson]

Arthur
Not sure whats happened but your image has lost its sharpness for some reason ??
Cheers
JohnR

[Loi Nguyen]

The OP was very nice, but the environment was a bit distracting. The RP removed the cement and made the owl pop. Very nice eye doctor work there Artie. Loi


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[Steve Kaluski]

Good call Artie on the RP, image has a 'cleaner' look & feel, (presentation) without loosing the overall appeal.

Artie, in 'the bush' at present so colour rendition is not ideal on the laptop with minimal connection too, but boosting the eye a fraction has helped although I might have lost the blue in the reflection, WDYT? I think I prefer the general plumage colours in the OP, just my take.

Dennis, is this a crop or FF, what camera was used? Adding a Midtone adjustment and a Channel Curves adjustment will help being more depth & tone to the subject. Would like to have seen all the feet in.

TFS
Steve

[Arthur Morris]

Arthur
Not sure whats happened but your image has lost its sharpness for some reason ??
Cheers
JohnR

Agree. Too much cropping and re-saving of the JPEG has destroyed IQ. I had hoped to show that a small crop and adding some pop to the bird would improve this one along with some Eye Doctor work. I'd have done just fine starting with the RAW file :)

[Arthur Morris]

Good call Artie on the RP, image has a 'cleaner' look & feel, (presentation) without loosing the overall appeal.

Artie, in 'the bush' at present so colour rendition is not ideal on the laptop with minimal connection too, but boosting the eye a fraction has helped although I might have lost the blue in the reflection, WDYT? I think I prefer the general plumage colours in the OP, just my take.

Dennis, is this a crop or FF, what camera was used? Adding a Midtone adjustment and a Channel Curves adjustment will help being more depth & tone to the subject. Would like to have seen all the feet in.

TFS
Steve

I probably boosted the Vibrance on the bird too much. I should have stuck with just some Detail Extractor and Tonal Contrast. Enjoy the bushes!