Soon I will be driving south for a day of scouting Burrowing Owl locations for early May when I will spend a few days photographing them and their owlets. This is one from last year that I worked on recently using better techniques in post processing. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/1000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 1250 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
I quite like this image. The IQ is very nice, but I feel you could have pushed it over the top with a slight bit of fill flash to bring out the sunken eyes of the owl. Overall its a very nice image.
I like this Owlet with the nice stretched pose,don't think I would change a lot apart from maybe a tad more contrast a maybe just lighten the eyes just a little bit.Just my thoughts Joe and until I have played a bit with an image such as this am never sure.Very nice piece of work.
I think this is super Joe, I think the eyes are fine, I would suggest burning the sandy soil. If you felt so inclined you could mute the background a little more using Viveza contrast and destructure,
Nice shot of this guy and some good suggestions from the group. Well done
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Wing Stretch... Burrowing Owlet
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