Burrowing Owl Ejecting Pellet
This is the first time I have seen this behavior. A single image does not do justice. The owl heaved several times, raised its shoulders, and finally ejected a large pellet.
1DX
500f4 II +1.4X III
1/2500
f6.3
ISO-400
+1/3 EV Evaluative metering as frame
Manual mode
BLUBB Bean Bag off a car window
Appreciate your comments
Thank you
Loi
Very nice, Loi! Love the behavior! I see a mask problem above and below the bill though. It looks like you masked the bird, adjusted the bg and missed the area behind the hairs? Should be an easy fix. Great otherwise!
Hi Dan, I see it now. Thanks for pointing this out. Loi
Well captured indeed its a cool shot
perch is just a tad bright on my laptop, that masked area does need sorting though
Very cool Loi, You found the birds at the Salton Sea. Nice behavioral capture of this owl casting. You must have been pretty close. Great looking details and nice perch and BG. I agree that it needs a reduction in brightness. Very nice find.
Beautiful behavioral shot. Rest is mentioned above. Very nice colors,lights and composition.
Sharp where it needed.Love the frame.
Regards,
Satish.
Beautiful light,perch and very nice composition & BG.
lovely moment captured. agree with others on the masking issue.
otherwise, comp & IQ are all very good.
Great behavior captured very well. Just some small fixes needed.
This is great! I like the tack sharp pellet mid air as well as the one on the ground!
Very nice to have the owl standing on the mound.
Great BG .
On my monitor the brightness looks perfect.
Well done,
gail
Great Image ,Great BG Awesome Behavior capture here i think , but As Dan suggested The Masking problem is there , here is Quick Fix by me Clone Out some patches near the beak area.
Hope you like it.
Lovely timing Loi, the repost takes out the issue in the original image
Image looks sharp and nicely exposed, the bg is super.
Excellent shot!!!
Terrific timing, sharp, great perch, nice light and background.
Repost is much better.
Very well done.
Thank you everyone for your feedback. Here is a repost with the overall brightness reduced by -10 in PS and thus the masking problem solved. Loi
Excellent behavior captured. I saw this last year as well. I think I have a shot but not nearly as good. the shooting angle, bird parallel to sensor, distant BG...everything looks nice. Good catch by Dan and fix by Ritesh.
Thanks for sharing. that pellet on the ground is good for context.
Nice, Loi—repost looks great.
Repost works fine for me! Thanks for sharing this image and for all the extra info behind the scenes!
Hi Loi - I really like this shot! The background is really beautiful, and the angle of the mud bank draws your eye up to the bird.
I did a repost of my Great Horned Owl photo, but no one knows because it's on the second page. Here it is, in case you want to look: http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...n-Spanish-Moss
Thanks for commenting on my photos,
Ashleigh
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awscully/
Great moment captured. Re-post looks great with the fix. I like the fact that you definitely captured the anguish on the bird's face.
Pete
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