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A very nice closeup but it seems kind of bleached out.
Maybe this was purposeful, but the Owl seems very light and the eye color not natural.
Very sharp, very nice comp, if you desaturated on purpose, for me it does not look right,
If just a PP issue, I would go back and add color to the image.
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I do like your different angle on this bird. Agree that it looks desaturated, maybe the flash caused that if not pp. I have only seen westerns' so maybe he should be light. Great capture, nice to find one and not have to worry about others disturbing him.
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I have pictures with different camera from different dates in time ( and 2 different photogs with both Canon and Nikon). His eyes are actually almost a gray-ish color in all of these photos. So maybe it is the same owl. Or perhaps many people are over saturating the eye to bring out the yellow too much. Regardless, this is his eye color of this particular owl. The vibrance was set at 29 actually. And there was no desaturation (saturation of 7). But to have people recognize this leads me to believe this is the same owl from the spring.
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Eastern screech owls come in 2 colors: mostly gray or mostly reddish-brown (rufous). This is an example of a gray owl. Consequently, the color seems right to my eye. It's a lovely image with good sharpness & a very entertaining pose. Although the right side of the tree seems a bit light to me, I think the exposure is right on & the flash work is good. TFS.
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Love the head-turn Jon as it really makes the composition work for me. The colour and texture of the tree-bark really compliments the owl. I note that the space behind the owl is not as dark as expected Jon - did you have to work PP to lighten that area?
I think a darker tone would work best for me.
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Hi Hohn. The flash actually lightened the back cavity area. I did not really do much because the tendency seems to be to make something (color) out of nothing with this 'strain' of screech owl. He blended in so well people could not find him when 12 feet away and he was only 10 feet up. I bracketed so I had a variety of exposures to choose from. I also agree the front part of the truck needs to be toned down from the flash.
I really appreciate all the comments. It helps me learn and explain the shot/subject better to the viewer :)
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Really sweet image Jon. I really like how you composed this too.
The owl's head cock and bit of a squint give some great personality to the image.
If anything, a slight toning down of the bark surface on the right hand side seems
like a reasonable consideration...Great image and congrats.
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Love the head turn, and being able to see the claws. The nest hole look very nice as well. Excellent picture, Jon. I would darken, (linear burn) the right side of the trunk.
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Never seen one in gray tones and this looks cool. I like the peeking out pose. Could maybe be toned down a little as far as brightness.
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Wow, there's lots of good info above! I am not familiar with this species but when I saw the picture one thing that came to my mind is that is looked wash out. Now I understand is how the owl looks in real life and that makes the pic for me. I would not hesitate to tone down the tree so the owl would stand out, IMO.
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I love the tilt to the head, and the nice sharp focus. I would also vote to tone down the brightness on the RH side of the trunk; the bird looks good to me.
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Super cavity and love that pose. Good use of flash. I would burn the tree bit if it were mine.
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