Backlit Little owl

[dennis greenwood]

Taken just before the sun had dipped , took over a two weeks to achieve the final image ...Canon 1d mkiv 300mm f4 at f4 iso 800 +2/3 ev

[Bill Dix]

Great stare, great detail. And the tough backlighting looks to my eye to be very well handled. Keep the Little Owls coming.

[William Dickson]

Very nice, I love that BG which shows off the Owl, and what a great stare. The whites near the tail do distract me a little.

Will

[Ross Taylor]

Hi Dennis, I really love the background, particularly the streaks on the right. I don't mind the backlight and halo, as the subject more than makes up for it. For me, the man-made perch is not ideal, but I would have been thrilled to take this shot :)

TFS-Ross

[dennis greenwood]

Hi Dennis, I really love the background, particularly the streaks on the right. I don't mind the backlight and halo, as the subject more than makes up for it. For me, the man-made perch is not ideal, but I would have been thrilled to take this shot :)

TFS-Ross

Hi thanks for the comment, the strange thing here is that perch is for the owl a natural one and is in situ all year round ,usual I move perches around and just hope the bird lands but as I needed the bird at a certain time I left this perch in situ as I am more or less guaranteed to get the bird on the perch at or just before dusk ,next task is to get te bird on a nicer looking perch backlit

[dennis greenwood]

Very nice, I love that BG which shows off the Owl, and what a great stare. The whites near the tail do distract me a little.

Will

Hi William,i can fully understand your view on the distracting whites on the tail ,possibly some carefull PP work could help but I don't like to to mess to much in the editing software as I like my renditions to look as natural as possible

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot, I doubt if a great deal could be done with the blown feathers, they look well blown, but the pose perch and setting look excellent.
There are little owls nearby to where I live I spotted one near a stable during summer- but can I find him now - can I heck!

[dennis greenwood]

Lovely shot, I doubt if a great deal could be done with the blown feathers, they look well blown, but the pose perch and setting look excellent.
There are little owls nearby to where I live I spotted one near a stable during summer- but can I find him now - can I heck!

Hi Jonathan this is the time of year the little owls go in to what I would call survival mode ,best chance of spotting one is a sunny day were they love to sunbathe ,find that spot and you wont be far away from there territory

[Jonathan Ashton]

Hi Jonathan this is the time of year the little owls go in to what I would call survival mode ,best chance of spotting one is a sunny day were they love to sunbathe ,find that spot and you wont be far away from there territory

Thanks for the tip Dennis I will look each day I am out with Barney, I suppose I will just have to look harder!

[Richard Gollar]

awesome