GGO

[Art Kornienko]

50D, 300F4L IS, ISO 400, F6.3, 1/640, CWA, on monopod.

http://www.usefilm.com/images/5/9/1/3/5913/1513757-large.jpg

[Doug Brown]

You did well with the exposure against the high-key BG Art. Nice and sharp too. I might rotate slightly CCW to level out the eyes. What's that stuff behind the bird? And what does CWA mean?

[Art Kornienko]

Thanks Doug, branches and certer weighted average metering (don't know if thats relevant or not).

[denise ippolito]

Art, Really nice pose and details-love the intense stare-High-key BG looks great,would evict the branches if it were mine.Well done!

[phillane]

The backgound in this shot fights against the subject matter. Love the Owl however it almost appears to be cut and pasted into the background. Is that the case? I can understand if you cleaned up the background however the outine of the owl looks too clean to my eye and does not appear to be natural .

[Ramon M. Casares]

Love it! Great pose, great exposure, great detail and comp, I would only suggest to remove the tiwgs over the bird's head. Congratulations.

[phillane]

Ramon

There are no twigs anywhere around the head that I can see

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Maybe the original image was removed and replaced with one that is cloned to perfection? I love owls btw, but this has too perfect a BG for me. :) Thanks for posting.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Ramon

There are no twigs anywhere around the head that I can see

Here's what I see, I have given the image a little more contrast to make sure you can see it too.

[Art Kornienko]

Thanks very much Ramon, even though I have cloned the branches out and can't see anything on my monitor, for some reason, it shows up on some screens, I don't know how to get around this.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Maybe as the BG is plain white you could just paint it with a soft brush in PS to make sure there are no branches left there... just a suggestion :)