First post: Grey Owl and moon

A beautiful first post and welcome aboard NSN, atsi!
Care to include shooting data?

Sure I will share the information, and thanks for the compliment.

Canon Digital Rebel, Canon 70-200 F4 L at 188mm, ISO400, 1/100 sec., F32

Excellent first post! :) Welcome!!
I would crop it to a vertical, clone out all the branches on the right - would love to send a repost if its OK with you..

Actually I thought of cropping and manipulating a bit. Sure, give it a shot.

Here it is.

I see how that could work. What I think is hard for a person is to let go of what they know is reality, especially when an image represents a memory. I already did crop the image a bit to have the branches be a kind of frame.

great first post, welcome to NSN....

Aesthetics over reality!!? I've heard that before!! I am not a big fan of cloning out bif areas of branches etc, but would do if it makes a huge difference..

The moon add so much,my favorite owl !!, Welcome to NSN

Amazing to have the owl and a moon in the same image!!!!!!

Hugh

Very nice shot. I like the repost. Welcome to NSN.

Beautiful shot. And a great first post. Welcome!!

Sweet first and welcome. I prefer the original. Wish its eyes weren't shadowed.

Nice catch! Keep them coming!

I like both of them. Very impressive!.

Big Welcome to NSN !!!! Great first post or otherwise !!!! Fine detail and exp !!! Prefer the re-post and looking forward to many more !!! :)

Welcome to NSN! You have a nice shot for your initial contribution -- owl + moon in good lighting is a great piece of imagery to work with. I like the wind swept plumage on the owl; that plus the cool tones of the image very subtly communicate to me a colder-weather view, without snow or ice.

I'm also not a fan of large area cloning, but will do it at need. Ofer's repost is a strong composition, and emphasizes the vertical nicely. I am learning to think more vertically myself. Your own crop to frame the owl in a better balance with the branches on each side is on the path, and I don't mind your original post at all. Of course your positioning to get the moon level with the owl's head is a good piece of visualization prior to any PS work.

Thinking a bit, IMHO the thinner, more profuse branches on the right hand side are a little weaker as framing elements than the heavier, sparser ones on the left. The RHS branches' lighter coloring also doesn't complement the owl as well as do the branches on the LHS side. But these are nits; personally I don't really mind environment in the frame. Nature is what it is.

Hope to see more from you!

howlandr wrote:Welcome to NSN! You have a nice shot for your initial contribution -- owl + moon in good lighting is a great piece of imagery to work with. I like the wind swept plumage on the owl; that plus the cool tones of the image very subtly communicate to me a colder-weather view, without snow or ice.

That is exactly the feel/mood I was hoping to get across with this image. You nailed the description I couldn't put into words.

Nice catch and composition. Thanks for sharing. San Diego Deb

Cool shot.