Chained

[John Robinson]

Little owl
They are back again- performing well ! Well one is – I think she is sitting. They seem to love perches and the farmer just chucked this old bit of chain on a pole. They love it. Of all the birds I have done- Little Owls have to be the easiest They will just sit there asking to be photographed all evening.. I wont be doing much this time as it gets a bit boring- after all what else can you do after they have sat on every available perch around.
My mates of the ones “running” is about as good as it gets. But I won’t copy that,
D7100
Sigma 100-300mm
800 ISO
160^th sec @f11
Big crop.
PP in psp7 & Image Guru and no extra sharpening.
Thankls for last comments.
Cheeers
JR

[Diane Miller]

Awesome, as usual! Never thought I'd consider an old chain to be an artistic perch.

I do now....

[Joseph Przybyla]

A beauty John, thanks for sharing.

[adrian dancy]

The bird and perch are stunning. it is a pity that the perch is slightly masked by green.

[John Robinson]

Sorry Adrian
Missed that Pasted a bit in !
Cheers
John

[Bill Dix]

What a thrill it must be to be able to photograph these little guys at will. You keep doing a marvelous job with them, and this is no exception. Keep 'em coming. I could imagine a little more room on top here.

[John Rowell]

Really nice, the repost does look better. A nice evening feel to the whole image, I like it and the perch as well. The only thing I might do is remove that hard white spot below and to the right of the beak.

[vishaljadhav]

Lovely image the perch looks nice
the IQ is good too,

[John Robinson]

Thanks all. John - Not sure what it is- thought it was abit of dirt but may be a lost pxel.
Cheers
JohnR

[John Robinson]

PS By the way
As i think the female is sitting its a good bet this is a male The chest and rthe face of the males are supposed to be paler or whiter - whatever.
JohnR

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi John, lovely image and great sharpness. Do I see a little bit of Green cast here? Loi

[John Robinson]

Thanks all
Loi
I didnt actually do anything to the shot at all no sharpening etc so probably forgot to check for colour. I actually thought it a bit blue. Iwill have a look later,
Cheers
John

[Neil Burton]

A tad brighter for me John but good stuff, wish I had some of these guys.