Captive Tawny Owl

[big soft moose]

Interested on thoughts on this - its a captive shot (at BWC) but rather than capturing yet another straight on portrait I thought i'd try something different and shoot through the trees
and may be get a bit of a wilder feeling (though i have no intention of pretending that it's anything other than the set up it is)

It was overcast and raining intermittently so the light wasn't great (hence the noise)

 

[Kodiak Qc]

•
Seeing without being seen… it failed, you got it!
My thoughts?
• I'd like to conclude that you have a cool attitude when hunting since you can
catch this!
• I also think that the colours are too "pasty" possibly by being too enthusiastic
with the saturation slider.

 

[big soft moose]

•
Seeing without being seen… it failed, you got it!
My thoughts?
• I'd like to conclude that you have a cool attitude when hunting since you can
catch this!
• I also think that the colours are too "pasty" possibly by being too enthusiastic
with the saturation slider.

Thanks for the feedback

I'd like to take the compliment , but as i said its captive - if i could catch this with a wild owl i'd be more than happy - ref the colours this is SOOC , with no processing applied as yet

 

[Kodiak Qc]

It is very rare to see SOOC/unprocessed pictures here!
I appreciate your honesty

 

[den]

If this was my shot Pete ,this is how I would attempt to process the image ,I have done a slight lift on the exposure ,set the black and white levels with a second adjustment to the whites to suit my taste, adjusted the white balance by bringing the red and green channel to match the blue ,unsharp mask and selective noise reduction, it may not be to everyone's taste but I think it gives a true representation of the tawny owl...as said Pete just my take on it

 

[big soft moose]

thanks for your feedback den - you are definitely right about the WB, i'll be sorting that in post (although irritatingly I've shot this whole day in jpeg fine rather than raw - finger trouble), i think you might have overdone the USM though as your edit is a little too over sharpened for my taste

 

[den]

thanks for your feedback den - you are definitely right about the WB, i'll be sorting that in post (although irritatingly I've shot this whole day in jpeg fine rather than raw - finger trouble), i think you might have overdone the USM though as your edit is a little too over sharpened for my taste

It was a tad difficult not to go a touch extra on the sharpening ,possibly due to damp feathers ,as said may not be to everyone's taste ,plus you could do a lot more eye work but I don't like doing to much on the eyes

 

[sheridant]

the second is much better - it seems to overcome the softness on the owl

 

[big soft moose]

owls are supposed to be soft and fluffy - they aren't a cactus

but yes i agree some sharpening is needed on the original, just possibly a bit less than the second