Mother And Child...

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image of an adult Barred Owl and fledgling this morning at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm + Nikon 1.4 teleconverter III F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 550mm
1/500 F/8 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 2500 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation

[arash_hazeghi]

the interaction is pretty nice, love the fuzz on the chick. The shooting angle is a bit steep and the busy BG with bright gaps didn't help it either.



TFS

[Joseph Przybyla]

the interaction is pretty nice, love the fuzz on the chick. The shooting angle is a bit steep and the busy BG with bright gaps didn't help it either.



TFS

Hi Arash, I agree with all your comments. After spotting them all of the reasons not to take the image went through my mind like a checklist, but after watching the interaction for a while I had to try to capture it. Thank you for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Hi Joe,

Great interaction. Nice to see one of the adults we've most likely photographed before with a new chick.

Geoffrey




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[Joseph Przybyla]

Arash and Geoffrey, thank you for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.