Motif: Barn Owl in AZ desert


Posted by Juli Wilcox on Wed Feb 11, 2004 11:38 pm

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Barn Owl Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, captive

I think this is the same bird Juan B. caught in flight at the Museum. I cloned out the handler's sleeve and sepia-toned the photo to make it show more of my vision of the desert colors at certain times of the day. Digital, 500 mm f/4 lens, 1/250 at f/25, ISO 250, -2 exposure compensation due to extremely bright light. I have always admired this species and have only seen one in the wild at a great distance. To see it right in front of me was a joyful moment.
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by Heather Forcier on Wed Feb 11, 2004 11:41 pm
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Wow, a gorgeous bird for sure. :) I like the tone here, seems to work quite nicely.
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by Jim Neely on Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:59 am
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Very nice. Beautiful tones and owl.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Thu Feb 12, 2004 7:57 am
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Sweet sepia. Gorgeous shot, Juli. The detail is excellent.
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by Alan Murphy on Thu Feb 12, 2004 8:36 am
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Love your presentation here Juli. Nice shot.
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by Bill Whala on Thu Feb 12, 2004 9:05 am
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I agree that the sepia gives this a desert feel. Wonderful portrait!!
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by Dick Ginkowski on Thu Feb 12, 2004 9:08 am
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Bill Whala wrote:I agree that the sepia gives this a desert feel. Wonderful portrait!!
Me, too!

(Where did you find a barn in the desert, though? :lol: )
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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:04 pm
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The Sepia toning works very well here. Very nice!
 

by joseph motto on Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:57 pm
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Juli,
Lovely bird, very nice with the sepia effect. Two questions: (1) What is the perch? (2) Since you were cloning why not remove the jess straps?
(My photos of this same owl last weekend were rather disappointing.)
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by AlexC on Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:14 pm
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Killer combination of lighting, bird and the Sepia tones, the perch is nice if a little short, but not a nit, moody and mysterious , the severity of the bird does a lot to enhance the moody ambiance !! Excellent, Congrats!!! 8) 8) 8)
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by Mike Wilson on Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:48 pm
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Excellent work Juli. The calm and confident pose of this owl adds to the feel of this image because many times these captive birds get a bit stressed when on display in front of groups of people.
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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Thu Feb 12, 2004 8:05 pm
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Juli,

Very nice shot. I like the effect of the sepia tone.
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by Dennis Olivero on Thu Feb 12, 2004 8:39 pm
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Wonderful Juli,, classic!
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by christoforos on Thu Feb 12, 2004 10:26 pm
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I like this a lot. Beautiful color.
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by Jill on Fri Feb 13, 2004 12:48 am
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Juli, The color specialist strikes again!!! Fabulous bird and details are wonderful !!! I'd prefer the anklets cloned, but love it regardless!!! 8)
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by Juli Wilcox on Fri Feb 13, 2004 8:02 am
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Hi---the perch for this Barn Owl was its handler's glove while on view at the Desert Museum near Tucson, AZ. For the foot motif, I thought I would show the leg holds of this captive bird. The BG is the distant desert. Thanks for commenting!
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by Harvey Edelman on Fri Feb 13, 2004 10:23 pm
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Beautiful, warm tones make this stand out.
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