Barred Owl Portrait.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This is the same individual as my last post, but the day after. It was a friendly owl, and allowed quite a close approach as evidenced by this full-frame vertical portrait. I watched it try three times to catch a Red Squirrel, unsuccessfully. I had way too much lens for that action though, and not that much light either!

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/100s., f/8, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, full-frame.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

What a beauty, captured perfectly, Daniel. Nicely perched on a snow covered branch just far enough away from the trunk of the tree. Sharp as a tack, and wonderful eye contact.


Geoffrey




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[Bill Dix]

Wonderful detail in this full-frame shot. I love the great stare, complete with reflections in the eyes. The tree makes a nice BG (although I might have preferred it if you could have taken a step to the right and gotten just tree without the sliver of green on the right; others I'm sure will like the green).

[David Roach]

Musta been a firmware update for the 7D MK II... Animal eye AF... Whoo needs mirrorless,,, TFS

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Very neat, love the fine detail, luminescent eyes, shooting angle.

Great job handholding that rig at that SS.

Cheers

Randy

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

What a great portrait Dan, I love the details you have here and those wonderful eyes are a treat. Nice comp and colours.

[John Mack]

Great portrait. The owl looks nice and fluffed up here. Hope you have some more fun sessions with this owl.