Owlet

[Steve Kaluski]

With Stu posting his PS owl it reminded me to look back at the owlets folder again from this year, thanks Stu. Taken quite late, around 9.15am, the perch is an actual piece of York Minster stone hidden away in the vegetation I found, but was told about it's provenance.

Thanks to those who posted or viewed the previous thread.

Steve

Subject: Little owl owlet (Athene noctua) perched on garden roller handle
Location: UK
Camera: Canon 1DX MKII
Lens: 500f/4 MKII HH
Exposure: 1/1000s at f/8 ISO2500
Original format: Portrait, slight crop from top, almost FF width
Processed via: LRCC & PSCC2017

Not baited.

[Stuart Philpott]

Interesting, love the stone, we don't all get perches with provenance Steve:bg3: Steve is camo netting the bkg?? the central curve above and behind the kidlet's head, and evenness of pattern are leading me to ask this . Maybe a beech hedge if not after that i'm struggling !! Lovely image buddy, no shadows so I presume cloudy. ha ha Stu made me look at one day when we got to see som small owls too :S3:

Processing detail wonderful as ever, no nits. the bkg is messing with me because I can't place it re colour I think,I really am unsure but some thing has grabbing me
take care mate

stu

[Steve Kaluski]

Steve is camo netting the bkg?? the central curve above and behind the kidlet's head, and evenness of pattern are leading me to ask this . Maybe a beech hedge if not after that i'm struggling !!

Hi Stu, the BKG is just a clump of dead weeds, I can't remember what it's called, but if I do I will add it. As it died back it provided the reds and browns, thought it was a contrasting colour to separate the owlet.

[Alex Becker]

Nice one Steve and good to see some more of your LOs. I like the perch especially the moss and an interesting BG as well with splashes of pink. Techs and DOF are great. I like that we get a good view of the claws. No nits from me to be honest. TFS,

[Glenn Pure]

Wonderful work again Steve. The perch is really interesting and looks like a petrified tree stump. The colours and tones on the owlet are very light but I guess this is natural and accurate as the tones on the face and eyes look really great. The background is a little busy for my liking but the bird more than makes up for it. Nothing you can do about it anyway.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Steve, beautiful Little Owl, wonderful perch. I looked up York Minster stone, quite the history and provenance. The lichens on the stone add much to the image. Thank you for sharing.

P.S. You might want to edit the Subject line.

[Steve Kaluski]

Done, thanks Joe :wave:

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Steve, great eye contact here, and love the soft light, even though you say it was 9:15am - you dont have 'harsh' light in the UK. :w3 I like the shape of the perch, and that is covered in moss, and the BG behind the little guy is a killer.

[Steve Kaluski]

you dont have 'harsh' light in the UK.

Sometimes we don't have any 'real' light Stu, ah this morning was outstanding and it was -7 last night, but nothing was out sadly. :S3:

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful owl and wonderful lichen-covered stone make for a lovely image. For me the BG is a bit distracting from such gorgeous subjects, but I'm not sure what you would do about it short of making it a tad darker and/or a slight blur.

[William Dickson]

I don't know what I like best. The owl or the perch.:S3: All been said. Well done Steve.

Will

[David Salem]

This is awesome Steve. One of your better owl images IMO. Great pose, BG and perch. A winner in my book!!

[Steve Kaluski]

Many thanks David. :cheers: