Barred Owl at First Light

[Troy Lim]

This owl could not have came at a more perfect time and perch. Almost full frame, slight crop.
1Dx, 70-200 II @ 200mm, 1/400, f/5. ISO4000, Manual

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Pretty sweet, Troy. The setting looks very much like from the image Mike posted recently.
Looks sweet for iso 4000. I'd may be sharpen the face and the perch a tad bit more.

[gail bisson]

What a wonderful opportunity you had. I love the BG and the perch.
I think you could sharpen this a bit more and maybe bump up the blacks in selective color to give the image a bit of contrast.
Pretty impressive image for ISO 4000,
Gail

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely perch and scene here, Troy. Agree on bumping the blacks here and your owl appears to need more sharpening.

[Troy Lim]

Thank you all. I will make those changes.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

The light is nice and a cool perch. Sweet pose and a curious expression. I am finding the bright spots in bg a little distracting. Could maybe tone them down a little.

[Ashleigh Scully]

Hi Troy -

This is one of my favorite subjects to photograph. You did a great job finding a Barred Owl with no branches in the way. Wow!
I like the tones in this shot and Im really impressed you got this at ISO 4000!
It looks just a tiny bit soft though so maybe you could try sharpening it a bit.

great job :-)