Well, I've never posted an image on here before, so please tell me if I do anything wrong...
I'm visiting my grandparents in Ft. Lauderdale with my family, and set aside a few days for some bird photography. I took this shot yesterday in Everglades National Park. I have Paul Marcellini to thank for tipping me off on the location of this pair of owls and their two fledglings. This shot was taken just a split second before the bird took off.
Nikon D300+500mm f/4
ISO 640 - f/5.6 - 1/640 sec
Image is cropped to about 85% of the original.
Welcome to the poster crowd :)
Amazing image as a first post. The behavior is unique. While the bird is dead centered the balance of the image is not in the center thanks to the tree. Really nice. Bg is pleasant.
Welcome to BPN, Alex! Great first post, I like the pose, eye contact, setting and details. I might remove the twigs and needles sticking out of the bird's back and those in the upper right. Keep them coming!
Welcome. I love this image, esp. the pose. It looks like a 747 ready to take off. The tree makes a wonderful 1/2 frame and the light and the BKGR are sweet. Let's see some more!
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Welcome, Alex. Lovely first image post. I like the intensity of the eyes and wings raising about to launch. Tree and BG have lovely contrasting textures. Not sure on the natural colours of the owl but the face seems to show a slight yellow/green cast.
Really nice owl you have here!
Love everything about this image.
The only thing I would do if it were mind is to tone down the tree or at least the lightest areas.
Alex,
It was great meeting and working with you today.
The owl looks even better on the Desktop monitor than it did on the back of the camera.
The tech were covered. I love the fact that you were not afraid to put your subject in the middle of the frame. I call this an "in your face" composition. A winning one at that.
Great to see you posting here.
Welcome to BPN Alex. Way cool image here, quite original. I agree with Axel re:OOf twigs above back and URC, but everything else looks A-OK! Excellent comp, well done :-)
Really cool image. I like the stare and how the limb above frames him so to speak. Nice detail under his wings with out blowing out the tree. Would remove the little needles / twigs URC.
Hey, Thanks for all the comments so far. I processed this on my laptop because I was kind of anxious to see how it'd turn out. I definitely now plan to clone out some of the twigs up there. Also, I'll probably tone down some of that tree trunk as it's a bit too bright, I think.
Barred Owl
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