During a recent trip to Cape Coral, Florida I captured this image of a Florida Burrowing Owl chick stretching it's wing. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/1600 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1800 Auto 1 WB, sitting on the ground with the camera on a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped slightly for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Outstanding pose! Looks like one of those superheroes wearing a cape. Composition and background work very well together. I do notice a little softness in the head area and wing plumage below the body but mostly towards the posterior aspect.
Love the soft light and the great wing stretch pose. Gail is right about the lack of sharp focus on the face and eyes. The far leg looks razor :L(
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Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.
Not sure what happened to make the face soft. I knew the sharpening did not snap into place like it should have. The focus point was on the neck and upper chest just below the white feathers on the face, the bird move when stretching and I didn't catch up with it. The depth of field was just under five inches, so that should have been enough. I think the foot is sharper because of more contrast and harder edges. My guess would be not enough contrast on the feathers where the focus point was positioned. I know the focus was adjusted correctly because I checked it since heading south and have used it since coming back.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams