Barn owl (Tyto alba)

[Jonathan Ashton]

HH Canon 5D IV 500mm F4 L IS II + 1.4TC III
Auto ISO 12800 (+1.3) 1/2500 sec f8
ACR + PSCC

I had just been taking images of a kestrel hovering and the barn owl flew by, it took me a little by surprise hence the settings. (What a waste!) By the time I had corrected them the barn owl was a little distant. I'll nail it next time!

[Chris van Rooyen]

You did well to control the noise so well that ISO. I like the posture, and the sharpness is also very good. I would remove the dark spot below left of the owl, and the owl is a bit too centred in the frame for my liking, I would prefer a bit of a crop on the left.

[dankearl]

I like the soft light.. iso is noticeable but you did well at that number!

[Raybel Robles]

I like this image and there was a few thing I would had changed, I did a quick process by adding noise reduction on the, adding a bit more saturation to add a bit more punch, cloned out the dark spots below the owl and crop a bit from left to move the owl a bit from the center.

[dankearl]

Raybel's repost looks very nice...

[Mike Poole]

Superb detail with that ISO, nice work Jon. I guess your frame is accurate to the conditions as they were, but I do like the tones on the RP

Mike

[Jonathan Ashton]

Ravel & Mike I agree entirely repost colours more aesthetically pleasing.. but not representative .

[Randy Stout]

Jon:

My favorite owl. Like the intense focused gaze, soft background, subtle lighting.

I do agree about the dark area in the background.

In person, their plumage is very soft, subtle. so I like your original rendering.

Do agree about a subtle crop from the left.

Cheers

Randy

[John Mack]

Like the overall setting here and the soft colors. Image quality looks great for that high ISO>