Barred Owl

[Ed Kelly]

Photographed in Francis Beidler Forest last week. I was shooting from the walkway looking over and down towards the owl and swamp floor.I wanted to move more left,but that was impossible. I had to remove the post that ran 3/4 of the way up the right edge. A few small areas in bg were cloned. A leaf that was touching the owls tail was also removed.There are 1000 year old Cypress trees in this forest,the owl is sitting on a Cypress knee.

Thought about removing the large branch. Any thought on that much appreciated.

D810 & Tamron 150-600mm @ 280mm

ISO 3600

f/6.3 1/500 second hand-held

Thanks for looking.

Ed

[William Dickson]

Its looking real good Ed. I love the sharpness and details on the head. Nice details and colours throughout the image. Personally I would remove the large branch, saying that, the image looks good as is. Matter of taste. Nice work

Will

[Ed Kelly]

Its looking real good Ed. I love the sharpness and details on the head. Nice details and colours throughout the image. Personally I would remove the large branch, saying that, the image looks good as is. Matter of taste. Nice work

Will

Thanks Will.

[Troy Lim]

Ed, nice pose, have you tried recovering some details off the neck where it is overexposed?

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Looks good. You could perhaps have stepped to the left and eliminate that branch in the background in its entirety?
Agree about the neck area.

[Ed Kelly]

Looks good. You could perhaps have stepped to the left and eliminate that branch in the background in its entirety?
Agree about the neck area.

Akos, Not possible, I was stretched over a railing already, as stated in my OP. I should have brought those highlights down,it would have been easy.Thanks for the comments. Much appreciated.

Troy, Thanks. I should have.

Ed

Ed

[Diane Miller]

What an incredibly gorgeous pose and shot of this owl!! I didn't mind the branch but the RP looks good.