I shot this at 600 AM this morning, so light was wanting. D3 200/400Vr with 1.4x. I/1250 at f5.6, iso 6400, 550 mm. Redeye removal and noise suppression in lightroom and sharpened and resized in cs3. Kept shutterspeed up as I thought he might fly.
Great shot, the only thing I would do is, make a copy then hit Ctl T to open the transform tool, hold the shift key and drag the bottom right down a little. It will center your subject as well as pull some of very bright background out of the photo. Another thing you can do is use the burn tool to remove the whiteness in the black part of the eye.If you set the burn tool to shadows you won't loose the catch light in the owls eyes. Rod
Monte you had a good subject to work with. Do you remember you flash setting? Reducing a bit might have reduced any harsh shadows from the leaves. A touch more DOF would have also kept its tail in focus.
Looks pretty nice to me. I would make the pupils backer with a QM (reduce SAT 60-90 points and then darken to taste.)
later and love, artie
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