Yawning Barred Owl

Posted by Vadim Chiline on Sun Dec 14, 2003 12:08 am

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I just found this shot rather amusing. I wish the BG wasn't as "bleh" and washed out, but the sky's blue still wasn't showing as the sun was still beyond the treeline (AM).

Taken with:

Canon 10D
Canon 100-400mm, @400mm
f7.1, 1/25th
Exp: -1/3, Flash: -1
ISO 200

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by Alan Murphy on Sun Dec 14, 2003 12:12 am

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Excellent getting him yawning Vadim. Good work with the flash. a little steep, but that's how we see most of them.

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by Bill Whala on Sun Dec 14, 2003 12:50 am

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I love the yawn Vadim. This one made me smile.

Very nice.

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by Mike Wilson on Sun Dec 14, 2003 4:50 am

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A nice light-hearted moment in nature.

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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Dec 14, 2003 7:07 am

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Great bird and a nice yawn. Less ambient exposure (say -1) and more flash (say -1/3) would tone down the background and seperate the owl from the tree trunk behind it better.

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by Harvey Edelman on Sun Dec 14, 2003 8:12 am

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Excellent moment!

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by LHays on Sun Dec 14, 2003 8:17 am

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Nice shot....I know just how he feels this morning.

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by AlexC on Sun Dec 14, 2003 8:52 am

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One of my favorite Owls!!!!
Lovely yawn and looks pretty cold as well!!
Congrats!!

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by Fero on Sun Dec 14, 2003 11:26 am

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Great timing Vadim, I can't bellieve I missed it.

From my experience, if you use flash as a main light in this situation, it would leave a strong shadow on the bark of the tree.

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by Vadim Chiline on Sun Dec 14, 2003 11:51 am

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I think using flash as main light would work if the owl was against the bright background only (stepping to my left), hence, no shadows would be created. But other than that, I'd tend to agree with Fero that the trunk would probably display some shadow no?

E.J., you have any examples of what your recommending? I'm really curious to know how to solve myself from this situation

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by Jess Lee on Sun Dec 14, 2003 12:27 pm

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cute

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by BrianS on Sun Dec 14, 2003 7:26 pm

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Love the yawn. Nicely Done.

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by Laura Stiefel on Sun Dec 14, 2003 8:02 pm

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the yawn is great and I love the owl.

While I agree with you on the background I still like this quite a bit.

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by ajhand on Mon Dec 15, 2003 8:37 pm

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Vadim:

I have just emailed you an example of the kind of exposure EJ is talking about. I am warning you in case you might delete it as spam. I hope it helps.

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by Vadim Chiline on Mon Dec 15, 2003 8:59 pm

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Thanks AJ!

Now that I look at my photo, I truely wish I had tried with less exposure and more flash. Better luck next time

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