GGO

50D, 300F4L IS, ISO 400, F6.3, 1/640, CWA, on monopod.

http://www.usefilm.com/images/5/9/1/...3757-large.jpg

You did well with the exposure against the high-key BG Art. Nice and sharp too. I might rotate slightly CCW to level out the eyes. What's that stuff behind the bird? And what does CWA mean?

Thanks Doug, branches and certer weighted average metering (don't know if thats relevant or not).

Art, Really nice pose and details-love the intense stare-High-key BG looks great,would evict the branches if it were mine.Well done!

The backgound in this shot fights against the subject matter. Love the Owl however it almost appears to be cut and pasted into the background. Is that the case? I can understand if you cleaned up the background however the outine of the owl looks too clean to my eye and does not appear to be natural .

Love it! Great pose, great exposure, great detail and comp, I would only suggest to remove the tiwgs over the bird's head. Congratulations.

Ramon

There are no twigs anywhere around the head that I can see

Maybe the original image was removed and replaced with one that is cloned to perfection? I love owls btw, but this has too perfect a BG for me. :) Thanks for posting.

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Originally Posted by phillane

Ramon

There are no twigs anywhere around the head that I can see

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Here's what I see, I have given the image a little more contrast to make sure you can see it too.

Thanks very much Ramon, even though I have cloned the branches out and can't see anything on my monitor, for some reason, it shows up on some screens, I don't know how to get around this.

Maybe as the BG is plain white you could just paint it with a soft brush in PS to make sure there are no branches left there... just a suggestion :)