Great Grey Owl taken in the woods in early morning when they are more active. I don`t think this will score that well considering this is a free study but most people have know idea of how hard it is to obtain a shot like this!!First you have to locate an Owl and this is a hundred times more difficult than a static shot. Cropped,saturated yellow eyes,sharpened,dodged,auto contrast and lighting,curves,resized!I did not want to fix the eye pupil as I want this natural as can be!
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Thanks for all the great comments! I am really honoured to receive a tenth place finish!It only took me 103 challenges to bump that dam egg in my profile over to the right,lol.
Neil
Great shot, I do know what it takes to get a shotl like this, and while the winning 'zoo' shots are good shots in the wild sure take a hell of a lot more to get. Esp. in flight too! Lovely work.
Lynn
This is just a great photo, it's a very sharp photo with good focus on the face and nice motion on the wings. Hope you didn't spend all day waiting for this one but it's was worth it. Good Luck.
I absolutley love owls, but have never gotten close enough to get any shot would compare to this. Great capture! I also like the others (that I assume were yours) posted in the past.
Beautiful bird, very well caught. Looks like you're out in the open too, so kudos for not taking the easy route by visiting a zoo, etc. You've focused it well and just a faster shutter would have improved this.
Wow, you caught him in mid air! I'm impressed. The lighting is very nice. You're fortunate to have caught the little dude up in the daylight. Like the shallow depth of field.
I love this shot, but some of the things in the background are a little distracting - not like you could do anything about it. ;-) Fantastic job, though. Will probably be in top 20 at least.
Oh my! wonderful. I love the sharp focus on his eye, the motion blur of his wings and the out of focus background. What a capture! Fast shutter, no panning?
An absolutely stunning photo of a grey owl. Very clear, great DOF and you have managed to capture the intensity in the owl's eyes. Very nice indeed, a very worthy 10.
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