Barred Owl at Wildlife Center

[Sid Overbey]

Another shot of the imprinted Barred Owl we visited yesterday. This was also taken outside as he was being taken to another flight cage.
Nikon D70
300MM+1.7TC
ISO 320
1/100s
F/7.1
EV +.00
Aperature mode

Thanks.

[Alfred Forns]

Good looking bird Sid !!! Seems to have a look of concern !!

Would try a vertical crop and go tighter !!! You did well with the exposure and sharpness is not bad considering the focal length/shutter speed. Would increase contrast just a little !!!

[Sid Overbey]

Alfred, I changed the crop to make it tighter and added more contrast. Also added some canvas at top. What do you think?

Thanks.
Sid

[Judd Patterson]

Very nice image Sid! As far as the composition, I like both horizontal and vertical here...might have tried a horizontal with the owl placed on the left side (since he is looking to the right). The extra contrast you just added certainly helps. It looks to me that you did some heavy noise reduction on the image. Is that right? At ISO 320 I don't think you need much noise reduction, and that will allow you to preserve more detail in the feathers.

[Gus Cobos]

Very nice capture and expression Sid, I too agree on the vertical crop...:cool:

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Hey Sid, I personally like your repost on this one, excellent backgroundg and expression.

[Sid Overbey]

Thanks for the help. Judd, I did run a noise reduction once after I saw some noise crop in. I plan on redoing this from the raw image and will omit the noise reduction.

Sid