I found a very cool Burrowing owl spot earlier this season. The spot is open and isolated, that means secret:w3, and the BGs are colorful and distant. Not a terrific spot yet as there are only a few owls, but it should be awesome next season. The main players are this handsome adult male and his juvenile son/daughter.
We set up some perches for them and we got some nice portrait shots with both owls using the perches.
I got real fortunate with this frame as the male was on the ground looking around and I decided to prefocused and setup on the perch. As soon as he looked up at this perch, I started blazing at 12fps and nailed this beautiful frame as he was landing.
This frame has all the prerequisites of a special frame in my book!! A Great dynamic pose, direct eye contact, catch lights in both eyes(which ain't easy with owls), beautiful early morning light, sweet light angle, sharp details, especially the face, a colorful varied smooth background, a unique perch and a handsome subject!!
Not trying to brag about the capture in any way, just giving my opinion on the components that make a special image so others can hopefully learn from and get some special frames of their own!! Get out there early and get yourself lined up right, the rest will come if you are patient!!
D5---840mm---f7.1---ss1/2500th---ISO800---handheld from truck@7:45am---40% crop
Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.
David


