Barred Owl Stare

[Bill Sharkey]

Barred Owl shot with Canon MkIII and 500 f4 at 1/400, f4.5, ISO 400, handheld in the woods with mud on my boots ;)





Thanks for looking :)

Bill

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful pose , nice BG , techs looks good.Nice details & lovely pose
If I get such image , no problems about mud for me ;)
VWD here
TFS

[James Littlejohn]

There must be a lot of these owls around - more and more photos keep showing up!
I don't think I could hold 500mm that still at 1/400 - good sharpness.
Nice pose and I love the sense of the forest with him perched on that thick mossy branch.

[Danny J Brown]

Beautiful image of a barred owl, Bill. I'm always trying to get such an image as we have them on our farm but never so lucky. Background really nice, as well. They sure have big, black eyes. Perch ain't bad either.

[Paul Kusmin]

Nice and sharp, creamy BG and great perch.
It almost looks like there is too much space on the right-hand side but that's just my preference.
sweet shot!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Wonderful isolation on this guy...nice to have it on such an open perch (and said perch has lots of character)! I do wish the amount of space on either side was reversed (less at right, more at left). There is also a hint of blue cast on the plumage...desaturating the blue channel will work wonders here.

[bobby]

Lovely image Mr. Bill, framed perfectly for me, you could have worn sandals in those woods and not gotten wet.

[Ilija Dukovski]

That is one great bird, I love the pose, perch, overall feel and stare of the bird.
Agree with Dan about the space on the sides.

[Mike Veltri]

Wonderful look back from the owl Bill, a great perch and well worth getting your boots muddy.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Agree to DC on the compo, nice looks back pose and loved the details here..

[Mike Lentz]

Another nice portrait! I imagine you guys will be getting images of him in snow soon!

[Krijn Trimbos]

Great shot Bill! Love the big perch, the details, BG and HT. I would like Daniel suggested see if there is any wiggling room to move the subject more to the right of the frame. Its body pose suggests a composition that way would be even more effective (hope you understand what I mean). Thanks for showing!