Taken in Kwando Concession, Northern Botswana 12th December 2006
EOS 1d MkII n
300mm F4 IS hand held
F4.5, 1/200, ISO 400
Eagle Owl
Taken in Kwando Concession, Northern Botswana 12th December 2006
EOS 1d MkII n
300mm F4 IS hand held
F4.5, 1/200, ISO 400
Great find and eye contact. The angle is a bit steep and I find the branches above the bird a bit distracting. Thanks for sharing!
What a neat-looking owl! Like the composition and sharpness, along with the eye contact. BG is less than ideal, both because of the branches and the high-key areas. Thanks for posting!
Upcoming Workshops: Bosque del Apache 2019, Ecuador 2020 (details coming soon)
Website - Facebook - 500px
Cool bird. You might wish to lighted the eyes a bit. Moving about one yard to your right might have improved this a ton. Can anyone figure out what the result of doing so would have been?
BIRDS AS ART Blog: great info and lessons, lots of images with our legendary BAA educational Captions; we will not sell you junk. 30+ years of long lens experience/e-mail with gear questions.
BIRDS AS ART Online Store: we will not sell you junk. 35 years of long lens experience. Please e-mail with gear questions.
Check out the new SONY e-Guide and videos that I did with Patrick Sparkman here. Ten percent discount for BPN members,
E-mail me at samandmayasgrandpa@att.net.
Probably this was the only position we could get a reasonable gap through the branches. These birds are generally difficult to find in "daylight" as they lay up in the thick branches. This was actualy a family of three my others are worse.I have got the Male sleeping showing off hios eyelids nicely but no eyes, he also has a very large branch over his head.
Thanks for your comments I will try to lighten the eye a little more.
Whenever we critique it is with the assumption that what we suggest is possible even though at times it may not be. The question still stands, "Why would the image be better if you could have moved one yard to your right?"Originally Posted by Ken Watkins
BIRDS AS ART Blog: great info and lessons, lots of images with our legendary BAA educational Captions; we will not sell you junk. 30+ years of long lens experience/e-mail with gear questions.
BIRDS AS ART Online Store: we will not sell you junk. 35 years of long lens experience. Please e-mail with gear questions.
Check out the new SONY e-Guide and videos that I did with Patrick Sparkman here. Ten percent discount for BPN members,
E-mail me at samandmayasgrandpa@att.net.
Maybe because the bird's body and head would be parallel and would get a nicer BG instead of the white sky the picture is showing.
Or at least that's why I would have done.
you would get a better back ground and the catch lights would be better angle
JC: nope. William; how would the BKGR be improved? (Be specific.)
BIRDS AS ART Blog: great info and lessons, lots of images with our legendary BAA educational Captions; we will not sell you junk. 30+ years of long lens experience/e-mail with gear questions.
BIRDS AS ART Online Store: we will not sell you junk. 35 years of long lens experience. Please e-mail with gear questions.
Check out the new SONY e-Guide and videos that I did with Patrick Sparkman here. Ten percent discount for BPN members,
E-mail me at samandmayasgrandpa@att.net.
Well, this is getting more and more interesting!
May be because of the perch placement?
Nope. But imagine moving right one yard and getting about one foot lower...
BIRDS AS ART Blog: great info and lessons, lots of images with our legendary BAA educational Captions; we will not sell you junk. 30+ years of long lens experience/e-mail with gear questions.
BIRDS AS ART Online Store: we will not sell you junk. 35 years of long lens experience. Please e-mail with gear questions.
Check out the new SONY e-Guide and videos that I did with Patrick Sparkman here. Ten percent discount for BPN members,
E-mail me at samandmayasgrandpa@att.net.
It seems to me that you want to get a sky BG?
You would have gotten rid of the two branches that are currently behind the bird's back and head, because they would be behind the bird.
Chris
Hey Chris. Way to go. You are correct. While this is a no-brainer for experienced photogrpahers it is sometimes hard for others to grasp.
BIRDS AS ART Blog: great info and lessons, lots of images with our legendary BAA educational Captions; we will not sell you junk. 30+ years of long lens experience/e-mail with gear questions.
BIRDS AS ART Online Store: we will not sell you junk. 35 years of long lens experience. Please e-mail with gear questions.
Check out the new SONY e-Guide and videos that I did with Patrick Sparkman here. Ten percent discount for BPN members,
E-mail me at samandmayasgrandpa@att.net.
i no its to late but that is what i had in mind hahaha
OK, l learned the lesson.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote