Southern White-Faced Scops-Owl (ISO 6400)

[Ken Watkins]

Taken in Mapula concession Botswana, 13th September 2008, lit by single spotlight

EOS 1D MkIII

500mm F4 IS hand-held

F4, 1/200, ISO 6400

No noise reduction applied

[Alfred Forns]

HI Ken you pulled off a good one !!! Amazing for the high ISO, hand held and low shutter speed !!!

I feel from you vantage point you made the best image possible !!!

[Tony Whitehead]

Very nice, Ken. I like the way the foliage and branches act as a frame. Only pity is the dark shadow lower left. Some careful work with the clone stamp in lighten mode may make this a little less obvious. I find the noise in the OOF BG areas a bit distracting - the high ISO performance of modern cameras is impressive though.