Perfect Camouflage ?!

[Eric Dienesch]

You have to take a close look to see the short-eared owl, in my opinion.

Here i have made a close-up: 50% cropped.


5DsR, 1200mm, Tripod, f9 1/320sec, iso 800, auto white balance

Hopy you like it, Comments and critics welcome !!

Greetings from the Italian Toscana,
i`m on Holiday with my family there, great landscapes, wine und pasta ;)
Eric

[Marina Scarr]

Boy you got lucky with your "window" here, and I love seeing the setting sun in the eye. My only wish, and probably yours too, would have been for no grass across the beak. You did a great job with obviously difficult situation.

[William Dickson]

Very nice. Love the lighting and colours. I agree with Marina about the grass across the beak. I would remove that. Nice image

Will

[Arthur Morris]

Ditto the above on the offending grass. Great bird and light. Was it on a nest? I'd love to see a wider version.

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[Eric Dienesch]

Hello,

thank you all very much for your comments and useful hints,
yes i am also not really satisfied with the grass.
but here is the full version, direct from the raw file, nothing cropped. exif are inside (the same like the image above, of course), the owl is sitting in the middle because of f8 with 1200mm, only the center af point works, you all know.

The SEO was not sitting on a nest, but was sitting near/on a mice depot. it is an winter picture, ok no snow to show, but it was cold.



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[Arthur Morris]

Hello,

thank you all very much for your comments and useful hints,
yes i am also not really satisfied with the grass.
but here is the full version, direct from the raw file, nothing cropped. exif are inside (the same like the image above, of course), the owl is sitting in the middle because of f8 with 1200mm, only the center af point works, you all know.

The SEO was not sitting on a nest, but was sitting near/on a mice depot. it is an winter picture, ok no snow to show, but it was cold. wildlife german north sea coast

Thanks Eric, No excuses on putting the owl dead center; learn to use rear focus or at least One-Shot AF. Each allows you to re-compose after focusing...

Below is my suggested crop. I am at a loss as to why folks love to crop so tightly...

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[Eric Dienesch]

Thx Arthur, you are totally right.
The only thing i could say : i was very excited about the owl sitting there, the only thing i was thinking about: don`t miss the start, don`t fly too early away
so i was not thinking about one shot and image composing in this moment.

PS: your crop suggestion seems to be the right one.

[Arthur Morris]

Thx Arthur, you are totally right.
The only thing i could say : i was very excited about the owl sitting there, the only thing i was thinking about: don`t miss the start, don`t fly too early away
so i was not thinking about one shot and image composing in this moment.

PS: your crop suggestion seems to be the right one.

Been there, done that :)

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[Marina Scarr]

The wider comp is so much more visually pleasing.