Burrowing owls

[gary rouleau]

Dad to the left and sonny the right. Sonny is new this year.
My DOF was not perfect -what do you think?

Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Lens (mm): 840
ISO: 800
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/1250
Exp. Comp.: 0.0
Program: Manual Focus Mode:

Cheers
gary

[Jody Melanson]

I like the subjects and BG. There doesn't seem to be too much detail though, was it a big crop?

[Doug Brown]

I have to agree with Jody here. It just isn't particularly sharp Gary. More DOF would certainly have helped, but you still need to get sharp focus on the eye. Like the nice desert BG. Might apply a little CCW rotation. Thanks for posting!

[David Steele]

Gary, since you asked - and if I had to make a choice and if more DOF is out of the question - I would have focussed on the front owl rather than the smaller one at the back. Still a lovely image though. . . .

[Kristin Brown]

Gary,
I like the image. Works for me. I know eactly where these photos were taken.. What personalities!!! The only thing I dislike is the DOF in the foreground.Either that, or the fact that there are "objects" in the front are bothersome. Kristin

[Anita Rakestraw]

I'd love to see some of these guys sometime!!! Agree the sharpness/focus isn't what it should be....but that's a lovely creamy background! Maybe could use some NR on it. I too wish there were not oof somethings sticking up in the foreground.

[Arthur Morris]

Must agree that pretty much nothing looks sharp here. Moving to your left would have had two big ADV: putting some space between the two birds and putting them closer to being on the same plane.