Barn Owl

[Richard Unsworth]

Here seen resting while hunting

I was excited to see this as its been a few years since I saw one.
Unfortunately couldnt get a better shot and she flew off as some dog walkers approached.
Tried to get a nice summer/enviro feel to it

Light NR , little curves adj and smart sharpen, about 50 crop

7D 100-400 @ 400 HH 1/1000 ISO 400 f5.6

[jack williamson]

The owl looks excellent as does the FG. The BG looks shimmery ( if that is a word).

Jack

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi Jack
shimmery is a nice word, and I do know what you mean, sharped bg and shouldnt
anyways put up different version, is that one better?

[Richard Unsworth]

OK lets try again

given BG more NR, sharped bird only

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of Owl in natural environment.I like the original post since it has got nice contrast ( dark bg as well as and FG). Love the pose of Owl and lights.

[jack williamson]

The BG looks better in the repost but the rest looks better in the original.

Jack

[Richard Unsworth]

OK chaps thanks

post processing is such fun

[Grace Scalzo]

Definately an image worth working on. Terrific habitat, love the eye contact, and of course, a wonderful species. I keep thinking that a bit off the top and left (as viewed) might be a stronger composition.

[Richard Unsworth]

Thanks Grace I will have a look at that

[Rachel Hollander]

Richard - I agree with Grace on all counts. Well worth it too!

TFS,
Rachel

[Ofer Levy]

Repost looks much better to me. Maybe some more selective sharpening on the bird.

[PhilCook]

Cant remember the last time I seen one of these in daylight hours, nice natural rural setting and good eye contact with the camera

[Richard Unsworth]

Heres a recrop and reprocess


commernts please, took a bit of left too to recompose wanted the impact 1/3 on the birds centre

comments welcome; applied a liitle more NR to BG and SS to bird

[christopher galeski]

nice habitat shot,like the first post the best.

[Richard Unsworth]

Thanks Christopher

hope I can catch her again when it stops raining

[Arthur Morris]

Lucky man. I far prefer the original post for its image design and the darker, richer tones. All the reposts are too light for me.

[Richard Unsworth]

Thanks for that Arthur :-)