Boobook Owl

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

A daytime portrait shot taken of a Southern Boobook owl in South Australia. Canon 7DII, EF 300 IS II + 2XTCIII, 1/2500, f7.1, ISO 1600, handheld. PP in CS6. Comments welcome.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent portrait. Beautiful colour scheme, superb details and nice composition. love the expressions.

Regards,
satish.

[Randy Stout]

Gerhard:

The expression and angle of body into the frame makes a strong impression, seems grumpy! Well exposed, sharp on the face, background colors compliment the feather and eye colors.

In a perfect world, a bit more illumination of the eyes would have been nice.

Is this a wild bird?

Cheers

Randy

[William Dickson]

Beautiful looking portrait. Lovely colours and details. If this is a wild bird, it is a tremendous capture.

Will

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gerhard, love the expression on this fellow, and you have captured and brought excellent detail on the face. I agree with Randy, lightening the eyes wont harm the image.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent portrait, nice detail and sharpness.

[keith mitchell]

Excellent feather detail on this fine looking portrait, really pin sharp.

Keith.

[shane shacaluga]

This is a new species for me. Never knew about their existence. Lovely portrait and excellent feather details. Composition and pose really make this a strong image

TFS

[Diane Miller]

Wow -- what a portrait! I love the angled intense pose. Agree about the eyes.

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions to improve the eyes! Sadly this is a wild bird in rehab following injury, hence the daytime portrait opportunity. Hopefully it will recover and be released soon.