Barn Owl flight (c)

[Jamie Strickland]

Shot yesterday at one of Ray Barlows workshops in Ontario, Canada

I was having problems all day getting sharp pictures with my 7D + 70-200 2.8 non IS L it was the first time I used the combo, actually it was the first time I have ever really used the lens at all. I am pretty sure it needs microadjustment because the focus does not seem to be dead on in any of the pictures, even when the birds were stationary.

anyway it was a great day regardless, next time I will have it adjusted :)

lovely birds and this barn owl was my favorite

shot with
7D, 70-200 2.8 non IS L @200mm, ISO 800, f6.3 1/1000 + 2/3EV
also had to clone out the jesses that were hanging

[Danny Laredo]

This is lovely, very cool flight pose, only wish the Owl would be looking directly down the lens.
I would also add a bit of contrast and maybe anothr round of sharpening.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Agree for another round of sharpening....otherwise beautiful pose,wing position

[David Fletcher]

Lovely bird Jamie and as mentioned, direct eye contact would be good. Agree another tickle of usm will be useful.

[Jamie Strickland]

thanks guys, I didnt want to over do the sharpening but I guess you cant really see that when the picture is downsized so much

the eye contact would have been nice for sure :)

[Jim Fenton]

Jamie...

Aren't you doing your final sharpening once you have resized for your presentation...as in here for posting on the web? Perhaps I misconstrued what you said relative to downsizing...it made me thing that you're doing your sharpening before you achieve final size.

Sharpness does look a tad soft and the whites on the leading edge of the wing look a bit hot...whites on the head look fine on my end.

I agree with Danny regarding head position...especially when shooting captive birds, I would think that proper planning ought to have you right where you should be for an optimal image.

[Jamie Strickland]

no I did the sharpening on the full size picture, but I guess doing it after makes much more sense

yeah the sharpness is not spot on, nor was it on most of the pictures I am pretty sure the lens needs adjustment, I have pics of the birds with better position but they are even less sharp than this :(

I could tell on the screen it was not spot on but did not realize how bad they were until I downloaded them after the event, I should have just used the 100-400

oh well live and learn

[Raymond Barlow]

this is a nice shot Jamie, and I like the angle here... when the barn owl was flying we had a sligh overcast, which will make things difficult for cameras to focus, especially with a head on flightpath.

Looking forward to seeing more of your images bud, and thanks very much for making the trek to join us., very cool!

[scott benson]

lovely shot.

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful image , lovely eye contact and wing pose
TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

Great capture against nice colorful BG. Like the eye contact, focus does seem to be quite soft though.

[Kiran Poonacha]

loved the pose and effect acheived here.. congrats..

[Malcolm Benn]

I like the overall shot Jamie but it is a bit soft. I ran another round of sharpening (300/0.2/0) on it and decreased the brightness of the highlights on the face a bit. You should definitely be doing your sharpening on the resized image.