40D. 400 f5.6L at f/6.3. iso 400. 1/640s. almost full-frame.
I had gone early morning for shots like this. You'll see from the catchlight that the sun is just above the horizon.
the bird being an owl, I could keep f-stop at f/6.3 and still keep everything needed within DOF. helped me get the nice FG blur. For any other bird, one needs to stop down for more DOF coverage when shooting head-on at such close distance. I'd have liked green Fg but too many bald patches there.
good thing about such cooperative subjects is that you can spend an hr and come home with 15 different compositions.
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