Great grey owl junior

[Janne Heimonen]

Little owl in the woods...

http://www.janneheimonen.net/BPN/06.jpg

d700 + 300/2.8 vr, f2.8, iso3200, 1/50s

thanks for watching!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great find and I don't think I've seen an image of a juvenile of this species before. I like the wide crop, eye contact and setting. It looks a bit dark on my monitor. I adjusted midtones and white point. If it were mine I would raise the color temperature in the RAW file. Judging from the techs you had not much light and I think you did very well considering the circumstances. The noise level is quite low for ISO 3200. Positive EC would have been a good idea but you might not have gotten a sharp image. Thanks for sharing and keep them coming!

[Fabs Forns]

Wow, very impressive habitat image with very good composition.
Although Axel's version reveals more detail in the environment, I prefer the dark moody original. More mysterious :)

Red carpet welcome to BPN, will be looking forward to more from you, hope you feel right at home.

[Doug Brown]

Welcome to BPN! I prefer Axel's bird and your BG. Amazing high ISO performance with that D700!

[David Thomasson]

Very nice mood you've created. I agree with Fabs about the spookiness factor. I would play with the light to make it even spookier.

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8390/spooky2.jpg

[Fabs Forns]

David, that rocks!!!!

[Grace Scalzo]

Simply fantastic, David's interpretation is my favorite. THe whole image is so moody and draws me right in to the place.

[Ed Erkes]

I really like this a lot! Well done!

[Arthur Morris]

Welcome Janni, David performed magic with your raw material. Check out those eyes in his repost. Is this in fact a Little Owl or is it a small owl of another species?

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great image to work on and welcome to BPN Janni! You'll learn HEAPS here.

Looks spooky with the habitat, but it is a stunning little owl for sure.

Thanks for sharing mate. Looking forward to more.

[Janne Heimonen]

Thanks for comments and critique!

The bird is great grey owl juvenile.

Here is little background story for the image -> http://www.janneheimonen.net/blog/kuvia/great-grey-owl-lapinpollo-strix-nebulosa-uusi-kuva-lisatty-galleriaan/
Also in english (sorry my bad english).

My images are quite dark and moody usually, because I like them that way :D I also likes big old dark REAL forests, where usually are no light. But the owl in my photo may need more light in my picture.

Axel's version is too bright for me. David's version is closer, but looks maybe too "made of". Maybe I do a new version of my image at the evening...

[Janne Heimonen]

Here is the new version of the picture!

http://www.janneheimonen.net/BPN/06_new.jpg

What do you think?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

It does look better. I would lighten the eyes and remove the blue color cast.

[Janne Heimonen]

Thanks for the comment!

I thinked about adjusting the eyes... and also adjusted them a little.
Photo is taked after the sunset, so that is where the blue color cast is from...

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Janne, I though that it was an baby Great Grey. And remember, your English is a lot better than our Finnish <smile>

[Arthur Morris]

Here is the new version of the picture! What do you think?

It is better than the original post, but David's superb repost is better. :)

[Janne Heimonen]

It is better than the original post, but David's superb repost is better. :)

You might be right. David's owl is more contrastier and the owl's face is better... Stronger vinjent is also ok. Maybe I adjust some more :D

[Arthur Morris]

Good plan Janne. Sometimes it is not easy though to get the same results in Photoshop as someone who is very skilled. It takes time and practice.

Do you know Jouni Klinga?

[Janne Heimonen]

Good plan Janne. Sometimes it is not easy though to get the same results in Photoshop as someone who is very skilled. It takes time and practice.

Do you know Jouni Klinga?

I sometimes have thinked that maybe I should do little different versions of the images and decide that way which is the best. Sometimes I put some picture to my website and when time goes by... that picture doesn't look good to me anymore... I make a new version. Again and again...

Yes I know Jouni. I remember also when you were in Finland ;)

[Janne Heimonen]

Maybe this is the final...

http://www.janneheimonen.net/BPN/06_new2.jpg

I did liked the old ones, but I think this is the best of all in this photo's evolution :D

[Morkel Erasmus]

I like this last image. great moody shot of a 'real' forest scene :)