Barn Owl in Flight #2

[gail bisson]

Taken in Vancouver.
Crop to 60 % FF
Canon 1 DX 600mm and 1.4 x
ISO 2000 SS 1/800 F 5.6
PP: Usual LR sliders, NR to BG, levels, cloned out 2 curved blackberry stems in front and below o owl, DE/TC at 15% to owl, USM to JPEG.
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Isaac Grant]

Really nice Gail. Nice wing position and colors. Details on the face look sweet. Very well done.

[Bill Dix]

Another beauty, in gorgeous light with good wing position. Nicely captured.

[Tim Foltz]

Gail, beautiful IF of this owl, nice sharp details, nice colors and BG.

-Tim

[Dorian Anderson]

Lovely late afternoon (or early morning!) light on this bird. BG is nicely blurred but shows a nice
suggestion of habitat.

[John Whaley]

Great light, focus, wing position, background, composition. All working together in this image.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Beautiful late afternoon capture, Gail. Nice low, grass top flight, and very nice wing position. Great detail.

Geoffrey




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[Randy Stout]

Gail:

Agree with all the positives, also like some of the more subtle touches, nice catchlight, curled talons, angle in frame. All good.

It is great that you have been able to capture these guys during daylight. Not a common thing in Michigan.

Cheers

Randy

[William Dickson]

Another fabby frame Gail... Its looking HD in 3D here :S3:

Will

[annmpacheco]

Wow, wonderful work Gail, this is so pretty.

[Paul Burdett]

Inspirational Gail.

[arash_hazeghi]

love this one too, If I were there I would have shot ISO 3200 or 4000 to get rid of motion blur on the wing tips, I like either sharp or strong motion on the wings personally. There is also some noise on the primaries

would love to have this image Gail, good work