Such a joy it is to watch these birds venture out at first light to hunt,one sometimes gets lucky and gets the opportunity to watch and photograph during the day as well although it does mean a good 10 hour shift in the field ...canon 1d mkii 400mm 5.6 with a x1.4 f8 iso 800 1/1250 sec +1/3 ev Attachment 159787
02-20-2016, 05:11 PM
Randy Stout
Dennis:
I like the pose, composition with room for him to look and dive after prey. Nice color harmony. Soft light for time of day.
It certainly is true. You have to put the time in to capture good images consistently!
Are the undersides of the wings typically this soft gray?
Well done
Cheers
Randy
02-20-2016, 05:13 PM
Loi Nguyen
Hi Dennis, congrats on getting an excellent image of a barn owl hunting. The light is gorgeous and I like the composition. Not sure how big of a crop, or it's an IQ degradation a little bit with the 400f5.6+1.4X. Well done. Loi
02-20-2016, 05:24 PM
Daniel Cadieux
Fabulous BG depicting the grassy habitat! I like the hovering pose too. Thee are a couple of masking spots around the contour of the subject, and a bit of noise on the wing, tail, and body but overall nicely done.
02-21-2016, 03:24 AM
arash_hazeghi
excellent pose and display of habitat. I also see noise on the bird
TFS
02-22-2016, 12:08 AM
Doug Brown
Love the habitat, eye contact, and hunting behavior. The bird appears to be over-sharpened to my eye.
02-22-2016, 03:21 AM
Satish Ranadive
Excellent image. Very nice hovering pose with beautiful wing stretch. Superb, BG, wonderful color scheme and beautiful composition.
Regards,
Satish.
02-22-2016, 05:43 PM
Marina Scarr
Great to see a barn owl and love that pose. Is this a large crop? The PP isn't looking quite right and I think this image is definitely worth having another go at the PP.