Squinting Big Foot

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

Seems Big Foot, is missing a "Claw".:eek: Different pose, with a squint of eyes.
Canon 7d
500mm + 1.4 EXTC
F 7.1 1/800s
Manual
ISO 400
Eval Metering +.67

[Harold Davis]

i like the squint and the raised claw. pretty different from anything i've seen before. processing looks pretty good, too. only the light looks a little harsh.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Don, nice one just a tad tight for me. Exposure and whites look solid.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Don, I like the leg position alot(different) IMO for this type of pose seeing the full eyes adds greatly to the image. I agree about somewhat warmer lighting....

[Lance Peters]

Should have been titled -- Grumpy Ol owls - LOL :)
Sure looks Grumpy.
Like the raised foot pose - would have liked to see more of the eyes - but this is good too.!!

Like it!!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Hey Don, great capture and excellent pose from Mr. Grumpy :eek:
Image does look a tad bright, but then again you got to get them when they're available.
Congrats

[Don Lacy]

Don, Love the pose I would re crop it to give a little more space around the Owl and the whites looked hot to me and the overall image also looks to bright. I know the light was good when you took the image( since I was sitting next to you at the time:)) so it has to be in post processing that you are having difficulties. I did here was used a simple curves adjustment to lower the mid tones a bit and the white feathers under the eyes are blown which you could fix in ACR using the recovery slider.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Don Was just wondering about the exposure setting Positive two thirds of a stop doesn't seem right? Might be a little over !! Looks like you having a blast with the little owls !!!

[Don Lacy]

Hi Don Was just wondering about the exposure setting Positive two thirds of a stop doesn't seem right?

Here's one of my images taken probably within seconds of Don's at the same settings 1/800 at f/7.1 ISO 400 interesting that my meter had me at +1 using evaluative. As you can see the ACR settings I used gives the image a different feel and balances out the tonalities. ACR and PS are just as important to learn and master as metering and composition you do not need to learn all the tricks and fancy stuff just the basics to better convey your vision of the image when you pressed the shutter. The only things done to this image in PS was one curve adjustment and layer mask to tone down one spot of white feathers then it was cropped, resized, and sharpen nothing fancy.Also one last thing Don's image did not have a profile assigned to it you need to make sure you convert your images to sRGB before saving them most browsers do not read profiles and will default to sRGB which can lead to issues with colors shifting and clipping, better to fix any issues that you might have in the sRGB color space in PS and ensure all your viewers are seeing the same image when it comes to color and tonality.

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

Al, you have a very good point, i'll go back and recheck the metadata, to verify, however it's aparent that i do not need to push the histogram on these "cuties". Thks for all of the tips,they just get better and better! Awesome talent the BPN Community shares!:D
Don Lacy, i like you new Avatar. Don, these are not the same owls you and i shot. They are on a different day, shot from different angle.
Also my 7d metering is totally different than my 50D, at least 1/3 to 2/3 different.

[Don Lacy]

Al, you have a very good point, i'll go back and recheck the metadata, to verify, however it's aparent that i do not need to push the histogram on these "cuties". Thks for all of the tips,they just get better and better! Awesome talent the BPN Community shares!:D
Don Lacy, i like you new Avatar. Don, these are not the same owls you and i shot. They are on a different day, shot from different angle.
Also my 7d metering is totally different than my 50D, at least 1/3 to 2/3 different.

istand corrected:)

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

Don L., no worries, all good points, and i always appreciate the tips, and suggestions, as i have a long way to go!
cheers:
Don