Barn Owl

[Stan]

Another shot from the forest shoot

Stan

[Trev B]

Re: Barn Owl

Very nice Stan, is it a wild or captive bird

[tesarver]

Re: Barn Owl

Well taken Stan

Tom

[colin C]

Re: Barn Owl

Nicely taken Stan.

That pose hides the jesses and shows her to full advantage in a natural setting. She is also a rather pretty girl.

I have just tried a piece of card against the left of the shot and losing the lighter part of the tree stump does concentrate the view toward the Barn Owl. I would suggest a re-crop, or darkening the left hand side if you are particularly keen on a square crop.

[Swanny48]

Re: Barn Owl

Agree, that light area does draw the eye.

John

[Stan]

Re: Barn Owl

thanks for looking guys

Very nice Stan, is it a wild or captive bird

same as the kestrels posted last week

That pose hides the jesses and shows her to full advantage in a natural setting. She is also a rather pretty girl

only a couple of months old and originally posed with the jesses showing but she jumped down into the "hole" and effectivly hid all signs of captivity and thats when I started shooting

I have just tried a piece of card against the left of the shot and losing the lighter part of the tree stump does concentrate the view toward the Barn Owl. I would suggest a re-crop, or darkening the left hand side if you are particularly keen on a square crop

I did the square crop originally as she was looking forward and wanted to keep some space either side, however I have already cropped 2 :3 and as an A4 as this one will be used for both greeting cards and prints for craft fayres later in the year

Here is the 2 : 3 crop

Stan

[colin C]

Re: Barn Owl

Much better Stan without the distraction.

[Stan]

Re: Barn Owl

cheers Colin

Stan

[pelliott1954]

Re: Barn Owl

That's just lovely, wonderfully clear

Regards Paul

[Stan]

Re: Barn Owl

thanks for looking Paul

Stan

[antoeknee]

Re: Barn Owl

Very nice image Stan. Think the crop version looks more balanced.

[ctrollen]

Re: Barn Owl

+1 on the cropped one.

[Stan]

Re: Barn Owl

thanks Ant and Chris

Stan