Landing gear down, throttle back...
Taken way back in late April, seems such a long time ago, where has this year gone, but this pair were just finding their feet and were from the previous years brood.
As you can see compared to the previous posting, no wild plants had taken over and this was quite baron, apart from the hawthorn hedgerow in the BKG. Very sterile as an image, but this was just getting them used to both my presence and the camera noise (shutter), plus I too needed to get some handle on getting incoming flight shots, as I needed to start to push both myself and the imagery and this is what I wanted to do this year.
Not sure which way to go on the crop, hence the two postings, thoughts welcome. The first being FF top to bottom and having the top clip and the lower wing hidden, to me it's balanced, as I feel it's all about the body angle, talons and eye focus. No need for comments about the species or habits, only about the image please, thank you.
Thanks for either viewing or commenting on the previous image guys.
Steve
Subject: Little owl (Athene noctua) coming into land, in meadow on rusty milk churn
Location: UK
Camera: Canon 1DX
Lens: 200-400f/4 HH
Exposure: 1/3200s at f/9 ISO6400
Original format: Landscape
Processed: LRCC & PS CC2015 - (Some OOF dark lines removed and some light highlights in the greenery)
Note: The subject is fully wild and completely unconstrained. Besides the potential impact of my presence, nothing has been done to intentionally alter or affect the ongoing behavior of the subject and, of course, there has been no use of any form of bait or other form of wildlife attractants (including vocalisations) in the capture of this image.
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