Boo!

[Marina Scarr]

Did a little bit of experimenting with a flashlight on this accommodating Eastern Screech Owl. The lighting gave the image a rather ominous feel reminiscent of this spooky, yearly celebration. Hope you all have a safe and fun-filled Halloween!

C & C are always welcomed and much appreciated.

Canon 1D4, Canon 500L
F10, 1/20sec, ISO 800, manual mode
Flashlight taped to a 2nd tripod
Feisol tripod, Jobu head

[Ian Wilson]

Very spooky indeed. The shadow is a clever innovation and I am glad you did not try to change the colour temperature in processing. Very effective capture, well done. Regards, Ian

[John Cooper]

Very fitting for today's post Marina :S3: A very dramatic portrayal of this Eastern screech owl!

[Greg Oakley]

I love this Marina - very powerful with an excellent composition!

[William Dickson]

Amazing, Happy Halloween :cheers: Well done Marina

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful Halloween shot, well conceived and captured. Thanks for sharing this.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Marina, I really like the warm glow in this, and great use of flash too. Great eye contact, and I like how the Owl is peering out from his 'dark' nest.

Halloween is not big over here, so hopefully you guys have fun there. :w3

[Randy Stout]

Marina:

Very appropriate for today, well executed!

Cheers

Randy

[David Salem]

A perfect shot for Halloween from the queen of Owls :) Love the look with the spotlight. Very Spooooky!!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Wow Marina, this guy blends so well in that tree! very lovely eyes, colour, sharpness. Thanks for sharing.

[John Robinson]

Great effect Marina ! Great lighting. Your traditions have caught on bigtime here and people keep jumping out of bushes dressed as skeletons !! Very frightening !!!
Have a good one
John

[mohammad reza shahab]

Hi Marina,
excellent composition,eye contact and sharpnes.

[keith mitchell]

Marina your flashlight idea certainly works, looks like those eyes are fixed on it, love it!

Regards Keith.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Been saving this one for posting on 10/31, huh? I like the look of it and glad you experimented to get this color temperature!

[arash_hazeghi]

this is gorgeous Marina! love those eyes!

[Joseph Przybyla]

Love it, gorgeous image. Very Halloween, a great idea executed perfectly.

[Binu John]

Love this shot, Marina. Excellent composition and eye contact. Brilliant use of flashlight to get this dramatic lighting.