Great Horned Owl Family Portrait.

Photographed almost two weeks ago now, and I have not had the chance to revisit this local nest again...but hoping to go back within the next week or so. I got pretty lucky that all three looked towards me for a split second here as this was not a very common occurence at the time I was there.

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4 TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/200s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld (lens and left arm braced to a tree trunk), original vertical cropped to about 70% FF, the left side has been retouched to bring in some BG colours from another frame.

Super sweet. You forgot your 12 foot ladder!

Daniel another great shot of great subjects

look at those eyes, owls nest is always challenging with steep angles but you managed a good direct eye contact. I just wish the broken branch was not there but man the eye contact from the juvis is priceless

Very nice eye contact, if you have the IQ, I would crop to just beneath the branch.

This is a priceless moment captured here Dan! I love the eye contact and your PP is superb. Well done.

Wonderful, as always! I think the suggested crop would make the birds even more prominent.

Very nice eye contact, great BG.

Very nice. Gotta love owls. i like the crop just fine, gives a feeling of height. Image seems light, but that may be my monitor, and I'd get rid of the partial branch in bottom left of frame.

Jim

hehehehe...."Oscar the Grouches " love children....{ if you never seen the Muppets Show you wont understand that }

Nice find Daniel, sharp and full of character....personally i would crop to just below the broken branch

Stunning image, Daniel. Love the eyes of the tree. The cute factor is very high in this image.

Daniel Sir:
Absolutely marvelous image. Love the expression of all the three owls.Rest as usual superb.

Regards,
Satish.

Nice one, i like the image for the 6 eyes looking at the camera directly very rare moment indeed
Love it

Love the big beady eyes of those two little Owlets. Fine work Daniel.

This is so sweet Daniel. I love the hiding little faces and the look Mama is giving you

Yesterday when i commented there was something that didnt feel right to the eye so decided to revisit this with a break ,

The image look like taken at a big gradient vertically up, and the long tree elongates that angle more, i would wish to see a version up to the stump and a bit more room over the head, this may reduce the feel of the steep angle IMO.
This is a fast version of it however you may have the better IQ to process it far nicer
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Thank you for the repost, it looks good!