Brown Fish Owl

[Rakesh Gupta]

Comments and Criticism welcome.

Equipment used :
EOS 40D, Canon 300/2.8 L IS USM, Sigma 2X Teleconverter

EXIF : ISO 800, 1/25, F5.6, 600 mm

[Randy Stout]

Rakesh:

Interesting owl, nice colors in the feathers.

I wish the head was clear of the trunk, but I suspect like most owls, it is very difficult to get a clear shot at them. The face looks softer than the trunk, as if the focus may have been anterior to the face.

The thing that really jumps out at me is the heavy noise showing up in the image.

I might consider cropping down from the top a bit.

Hope to see more of this fellow!


Cheers

Randy

[Fabs Forns]

Nice eye contact and fair composition.
I think this is too noisy for ISO 800. Did you lift the exposure in post processing?
The 300/2.8 is an excellent lens, I'd use Canon teleconverter if possible.

[Harshad Barve]

Rakesh
Big welcome to Avian, lovely image to start with
Randy nailed the critiques here and agreed
If I am not wrong there is color cast

Looking forward to see more from you
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

I like the direct eye contact, and agree with the others regarding the noise and colour cast. Keep them coming.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Hi Rakesh and welcome mate!

Like this for an ID shot, it's great! Technical deficiencies have been covered already. Well done and would love to see more from your part of the world.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Lovely owl. I also love the eyes of this guy. I am with Fabs about using Canon a teleconverter if possible. Some NR would make this one better.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Just an idea.