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Archive 2015 · In your face.

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · In your face.

Shot was captured during a raptor free flight program at Bearizona Wildlife Park. It was a very overcast day, taken last Sunday. Soared right over my head.


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Eurasian Eagle Owl

Nov 03, 2015 at 07:26 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · In your face.

A sweet shot, would love to see more of the bird.

Ted

Nov 03, 2015 at 09:48 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · In your face.

Ted ellis wrote:
A sweet shot, would love to see more of the bird.

Ted
No problem! Again light was poor along with being in the woods.


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Eurasian Eagle Owl

Nov 03, 2015 at 10:00 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · In your face.

The light was not that poor. Looks like a fence line. Much better. Thanks!!!

Nov 03, 2015 at 10:08 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · In your face.

That first one is just awesome! Nice work on exposures, looks like some filtered backlight and you did fine job on both!
Karl

Nov 03, 2015 at 11:00 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · In your face.

Too close here? lol This was literally just before "impact" he ever so slightly brushed my lens and head it was really awesome.


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Umm holy s#$t...

Nov 03, 2015 at 11:16 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · In your face.

First shot is perfect, no need to see more of the bird.

Tony

Nov 04, 2015 at 12:02 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · In your face.

1 is over the top and would be hanging on my wall if it were mine ~ Ron

Nov 04, 2015 at 08:40 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · In your face.

Those eyes are amazing! Great shots. Must have been quite the experience to have one fly straight at you and brush you!

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Nov 04, 2015 at 08:45 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · In your face.

Imagemaster wrote:
First shot is perfect, no need to see more of the bird.

Tony

I disagree. I am not one who favors to crop an image to highlight the eyes as you did. Some do, some don't. You might consider a tighter horizontal crop. Both images are excellent.

Ted

Nov 04, 2015 at 08:07 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · In your face.

Ted ellis wrote:
I disagree. I am not one who favors to crop an image to highlight the eyes as you did. Some do, some don't. You might consider a tighter horizontal crop. Both images are excellent.

Ted

Just to clarify a few things the first image and post is not a crop, its what the shot is all about. He was literally in my face, the second image was earlier in the shot sequence. Second I did not realize your "need to see more bird" was a critique and not a request to actually see more of the bird lol. Not sure what you are trying to express to Imagemaster though unless you thought it was me.

Thank you to everyone for the comments as well.

Nov 04, 2015 at 08:43 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · In your face.

Nov 04, 2015 at 09:17 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · In your face.

Cheatdeath wrote:
Just to clarify a few things the first image and post is not a crop, its what the shot is all about. He was literally in my face, the second image was earlier in the shot sequence. Second I did not realize your "need to see more bird" was a critique and not a request to actually see more of the bird lol. Not sure what you are trying to express to Imagemaster though unless you thought it was me.

Thank you to everyone for the comments as well.

Don't worry about what some other people think your image should look like. It is your image and your choice.

Those who insist on seeing the whole subject have a very narrow-minded vision of what a shot MUST be.

It also happens to be a fact that the tighter an image is cropped, the more detail is visible in that crop. This shot is all about the eyes, and would simply not look as good if the whole bird was shown.

IMO, the same can be said about a "wild" image compared to a "captive" image. I could care less if the photographer spent more time or effort on capturing a wild subject. I care about the final image, not how it was captured.

Nov 04, 2015 at 09:41 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · In your face.

Imagemaster wrote:
It also happens to be a fact that the tighter an image is cropped, the more detail is visible in that crop. This shot is all about the eyes, and would simply not look as good if the whole bird was shown.

Yes this is exactly what the shot is about. If you notice in the exif data I zoomed in rather than out while he was flying at me trying to get the shot. This owl's eyes are spectacular and the image captured exactly what I was going for.

Nov 04, 2015 at 10:01 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · In your face.

What a shot... the eyes are great! Not sure how much cropping you can do or have done, but I think the eyes on the left hand side of the frame would be interesting since it seems to be flying in that direction.

Of course now that I look at it maybe it's moving right. Either way it doesn't matter - terrific shot!

Nov 04, 2015 at 10:14 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · In your face.

Wow! That is a killer shot! And the fact that it's not a crop is simply amazing.

How on earth did you manage to get him to come straight in and actually clip you like that? Ya got a mouse on your head or sumthin?