Saw-whet Owl ... Captive

[Raymond Barlow]

1/160s f/7.1 at 300.0mm iso250
D300 / 200-400 VR
Mountsberg Conservation Area, Milton, Ontario, Canada

Tripod, natural light, vertical crop
Taken at a workshop I hosted last November., thanks to my friend
Karl Egressy for all the help during this workshop.
We had an excellent shoot... here is the gang who attended...
http://www.pbase.com/raymondjbarlow/image/105495368


Did a slight blurr on the perch as I felt the sharpening was too harsh.,
not sure if this is cool, never done such a thing!

[Randy Stout]

Ray:

Lovely picture, pleasent background, great eyes.

Good idea on the perch. He is so small, that the perch overwhelms him a bit, so anything you can do to downplay it is great.

Cheers

Randy

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, setting and BG. The head of the bird looks a bit oversharpened on my monitor.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Good idea about the perch. Shot is fantastic. BG and detail are wonderful.

[Steve Canuel]

Beautiful bird with a nice pose. Perch is large for the subject but interesting with lost of detail/color (good idea to blur it a little) and works for me.