Sleepy Time

[Steve Large]

Later on Sunday morning, a barred owl pears out at me from around a tree before going off to sleep for the day.

Hope everyone had a great weekend,

Steve

This photo taken in Linley Valley - Nanaimo B.C.
Canon 20D with remote shutter controller
Canon 500mm + 1.4 Extender
F/8 at 1/25 sec
Wimberly 2 head

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great find setting and BG. I would give it more room top and bottom and sharpen the bird some more. What ISO did you use?

[Gus Cobos]

Nice capture Steve,
Agree with the room at top and on the bottom of your frames. I would sharpen the eyes a bit more...:D

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Agree with all of the above but love the pose and direct eye contact in this image. Was a touch of S/H used in your editing as well as curves ? This would make it pop just a tad more. How exciting it must have been to see this beauty. Thanks for sharing Steve.

[Fabs Forns]

Great pose and eye contact. The tree bark looks sharper than the bird as it is, Selective sharpen and blur for a more balanced image, you have got lots of potential here.

[Steve Large]

Hi Axel,
Thanks for the advise on this one. I used 400 ISO.

Steve

[Maxis Gamez]

Very nice Steve but I have to agree with Axel. Looks like you have room to include the tail.