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    Default Barn owl (Tyto alba)

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    Hand held from kneeling position

    Olympus : E-M1X
    Lens focal length : 420 mm
    Focal Length (35 mm conversion) : 841.0mm
    Metering mode : Pattern
    Exposure mode : Manual exposure
    ISO Sensitivity : 80
    Exposure compensation : -1.7 EV (Should have been about neutral light bird light bg, light bird dark bg - constantly changing)
    Shutter speed : 1/1600 sec
    Aperture : F5.6
    Flash : OFF

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    Thought you may have expanded the canvas a tad Jon, it's a bit tight fro me? What was the DoF in 'old money' Jon, looks like f/5.6, might add a little more selective USM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Thought you may have expanded the canvas a tad Jon, it's a bit tight fro me? What was the DoF in 'old money' Jon, looks like f/5.6, might add a little more selective USM.

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    Deliberately tight crop Steve, aperture - edited above, so about f8 maybe f9 in full frame terms. I pulled back the sharpening in view of previous comments.

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    I like the close up view but this one isn't working for me, the head is blury (OOF) which has been sharpened too much and the top looks strange and "hazy" as a result, plus the eye contact isn't there. nothing on the bird is sharp so it's not the DOF issue looks like the AF struggled or maybe motion blur....Is ISO 80 a joke or a typo :) ?

    better luck next time looks like the owl is a regular :)
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    Hi Jon .. might be not perfect in terms of eye contact but I would at love to see that in real life .
    Like the flight position and the sweet light in this frame .
    I think you can loose blacks in the real dark areas , might help with the eye slightly .
    Just for the sake of interest ... where was the focal point , asking because of DOF question raised by Steve . The tail feathers are looking quite sharp to me .... the feathers at the bill not so ??!!

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    Nice pose and light on this one. Also like the framing as well.

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    here is a crop at 100%, no re-sharpening for web, I don't think that is a million miles offbeing acceptably sharp. The ISO is Auto, the data taken from Olympus Workspace, I did explain the image was grossly underexposed in pane 1. I could not predetermine an ISO because the light was just over the horizon early morning the owl was against dark light and then intermediately bright backgrounds, I tried to alter exposure compensation as the bird was in flight but it kept changing direction I failed to keep up - simple as that hence the wacky ISO. This was only the second time I had seen the owl in 12 months, I am hoping t go tomorrow if the light is good.
    Andreas sorry no idea where focal point was the Olympus software does not show like DPP - I have requested that this be in the next Firmware upgrade.
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    I echo Arash's comments exactly. Clipped-wings rarely work; you would have needed a glass-cutting, direct stare from the bird to overcome it here. Original showing whole bird is nice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan Ashton View Post
    here is a crop at 100%, no re-sharpening for web, I don't think that is a million miles offbeing acceptably sharp. The ISO is Auto, the data taken from Olympus Workspace, I did explain the image was grossly underexposed in pane 1. I could not predetermine an ISO because the light was just over the horizon early morning the owl was against dark light and then intermediately bright backgrounds, I tried to alter exposure compensation as the bird was in flight but it kept changing direction I failed to keep up - simple as that hence the wacky ISO. This was only the second time I had seen the owl in 12 months, I am hoping t go tomorrow if the light is good.
    Andreas sorry no idea wher focal point was the Olympus software does not show like DPP - I have requested that this be in the next Firmware upgrade.
    hum.... this is totally soft to my eyes Jon, not close to being sharp enough to be salvageable, the plumage on top of the head is blurred. it has nothing to do with DOF, it's a text book example of the AF not being able to keep up with the bird. I though it was motion blur at first but now that you posted the 100% crop it's just soft focus. Nothing can be done to salvage this frame unfortunately... looks like auto ISO on this camera isn't a good idea. It's not such a miss since even if it were sharp the HA wasn't really there.

    better luck next time
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dorian Anderson View Post
    I echo Arash's comments exactly. Clipped-wings rarely work; you would have needed a glass-cutting, direct stare from the bird to overcome it here. Original showing whole bird is nice.
    Dorian - give me a clue ....... clipped wings??????

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    Quote Originally Posted by arash_hazeghi View Post
    hum.... this is totally soft to my eyes Jon, not close to being sharp enough to be salvageable, the plumage on top of the head is blurred. it has nothing to do with DOF, it's a text book example of the AF not being able to keep up with the bird. I though it was motion blur at first but now that you posted the 100% crop it's just soft focus. Nothing can be done to salvage this frame unfortunately... looks like auto ISO on this camera isn't a good idea. It's not such a miss since even if it were sharp the HA wasn't really there.

    better luck next time
    Arash, you are right - not sharp enough simple as that. I was kidding myself that the feathers by the bill and the eyelashes being sharp made it OK.
    I don't necessarily blame the camera though the fault could just as easily have been mine. I think you will agree the next one will be better!

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