Sleeping Beauties

[Troy Lim]

Shot taken few months ago at the popular nest. I am sure you guys have seen a great image that Marina has.
Hopefully you will like this one.



D800, 600mm + 2x TC III, backlit, filled flash, 1/320, f8, ISO1600

[Marina Scarr]

Love the intimacy of this portrait, Troy. You have a yellow cast again which is an easy shoot. What is your WB set to on your camera? Really good use of fill flash. I might add just a tad more sharpening to the birds. This wasn't an easy shoot, and you did a really good job.

I have never posted any of of my GHO images from this nest on BPN yet. I guess now that you have mentioned it, I better get to it. I'll wait until your image has made the rounds.

[Troy Lim]

Thank you Marina.
I believe I set the WB to cloudy. Looking forward to your owl images.

[gail bisson]

Hi Troy,
I think you are thinking of Marina's highly commended winning shot in Natures Best.
A wonderful shot. Agree with Marina that there is a yellow cast.
Cuteness factor is 10 out of 10! My daughter is cooing and aawing at this shot!
Gail

[Marina Scarr]

Thank you Marina.
I believe I set the WB to cloudy. Looking forward to your owl images.

Try keeping your WB set to daylight. That may be why you're getting a yellow cast on your images.

[Troy Lim]

Try keeping your WB set to daylight. That may be why you're getting a yellow cast on your images.

Will do, starting tomorrow, I will be shooting Canon.

[Diane Miller]

Awesome!!!

WB changes a lot depending on the colors in the subject. I leave mine on auto and tweak to taste in raw conversion. The camera doesn't always get it optimal, but the presets rarely suit me. You can step thru them, however, in most raw converters, without having to have them as a preset in the camera.

Doing a preset is most useful for something like event or studio work where the lighting is consistent.

[Faraaz Abdool]

Absolutely amazing photograph! This is a shot that most of us dream about. Postcard type quality, I hope you protect your images ;-).
The fact that both of them are so peacefully asleep really brings it home. Plus the contrast between the powerful adult and the tiny owlet. 11 out of 10.

[Dennis Zaebst]

Agree with Diane that if you are shooting raw, your in-camera white balance is not important. In outdoor work, I just set it to auto as well, and adjust (if necessary) in the raw conversion. The camera usually gets it very close though.

As for the image: I actually am not sure I see a yellow cast...it may be that the color of the tree's bark is giving that impression. If I look just at the owls, the color seems fine, at least on my monitor. Wonderful capture with great techs.