Eastern Screech Owl Red Morph Low Light

[Jim Fenton]

Image created early on a very cloudy morning in MA.

Nikon D300s, 600VR, ISO 800, f6.3, 1/8, CE metering, NearUniWB, -1EV

[Bill Dix]

Amazing shot, Jim. Nice of him to sit still enough to capture at 1/8. Good exposure control.

[Robert Holguin]

Wow!!! Excellent shot. So sharp despite the shutter speed, love the stare, and excellent comp.
Well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice, great sharpness for 1/8sec!

[Josh Clark]

Nice hiding place you found this guy in! Ditto on the comments about sharpness at 1/8, great sharpness considering. Did you use a timer or remote trigger? Lovely colors on this guy. Great find and great capture!

[Jim Fenton]

No timer or remote.

Let hand on top of the lens and eye to the viewfinder from about 30' away :)

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Jim, what a shot. incredible colors and sharpness. Great use of long lens to isolate the subject and create an intimate tight portrait.

[Doug Brown]

Beautiful detail for any shutter speed, but particularly impressive for 1/8! Love the alert eyes and red plumage. Wish the tree weren't so OOF but you can't have everything with so little light. Why did you underexpose by a stop? For SS?

[Carmelo Cannova]

Beautiful capture of this red phase .

Carmelo

[Jim Fenton]

Doug....

Underexposed by a stop so as not to blow the red channel....and it helped with the already pitiful SS

[Christopher Ciccone]

Yeah, you really nailed it. And even more impressive considering the SS - very nicely done!