Barred Owl

[Karl Egressy]

Another picture of the Barred Owl I found yesterday.
There were two ugly dark OOF branches in the background that I cloned out.
(Just finished watching The Big Year. Great movie for bird watchers. I read the book three times.)
Thanks for looking.

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Manual Exposure
Tv 1/500
Av 7.1
Spot Metering
ISO 400
EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, good look-back pose, and this angle works fine for me. DOF looks good, and I like the lighter BG. I would maybe come in from the RHS a touch.

[christopher galeski]

nice capture,good pose,if mine,would maybe lighten the eye on the right.thanks.

[gail bisson]

Hi Karl,
I will have to check out the movie! I like the lookback pose. I would lighten the eye as well.I also wish the shadow on his back was not there but that is a minor nit. TFS
Gail

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Karl, I really liked the look-back pose and composition here. very well done. nice BG as well.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the look back pose, perch and BG. Well done Karl!