Went out scouting for owls yesterday and found (knock on wood!) a great spot with not one, but four great grays overwintering! I didn't get many pictures, since the owl I got on was constantly moving around (though the other photographers told me they all like to pose once their appetites are satiated), but I did snap this one. Thoughts/critiques? I'm not sure how I feel about the vertical branches in the bottom half but there was nothing I could do to get rid of them.
1/400 @ f/5.6, ISO 800
Canon 7d MkII, 500mm f/4 IS
ACR conversion
Minor detail extractor work on the bird's face and breast
A true stunner! The high key and the branches matching the bird give it that high key monotone look and it works great. Your composition is just right!
Wonderful Jake,your comp the branches the bkg the colour pallette all work for me,it's amazing that something so large to the eye can alight on a perch that size! I always wish I could see images like yours bigger Jake. I wish you all the luck with them,please share more if the good lady smiles on you
Very nice shot Jake... the barren branches of the perch don't bother me at all as they give a sense of the dead of winter that is their habitat. Nice composition and wonderfully exposed. Well done and best of luck on future encounters with the four GG Owls.
Le Grand Hoot
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