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When I was shooting these images, I could barely see the bird. It was very hard to get focus. Once I got it, I didn't move it. I just kept shooting hoping the eye would stay focused. Getting the white balance is a guessing game. In this series, I went blue. The first few images were "overexposed," I thought due to the flip screen on bright. So, I toned the rest of the images down and thus under exposed them by accident. The first image is uncropped and darkened to match the other three. I zoomed in more for the last three and cropped them a little.
Thanks for looking.
Rex
I added a few more images at different brightness and color balance.





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Jan 07, 2022 at 12:35 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Western Screech Owl


Look at those eyes! You did well capturing these under low lighting conditions, Rex - I enjoy them.

Joshua



Jan 07, 2022 at 07:48 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Western Screech Owl


Cute little guy. The bird's pupils tell the story of how dark it was. Love the water drops on the head.


Jan 07, 2022 at 08:06 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Western Screech Owl


Nice set Rex. How do you feel about making them a bit brighter?

Morris



Jan 07, 2022 at 08:21 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Western Screech Owl


morris wrote:
Nice set Rex. How do you feel about making them a bit brighter?

Morris

Thanks, Morris. I debated about that. My 1st image shot out of the camera is shown here unprocessed, auto white balance at 100% crop. It's not very noisy for 10,000 ISO. The other images, I underexposed, not on purpose, so I had to fight the noise. These are shown as if daylight. Lighter at your request.






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Jan 07, 2022 at 01:23 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Western Screech Owl


Rex, first off what a find and you did very well given the lighting situation. Good job!


Jan 07, 2022 at 01:38 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Western Screech Owl


I like the brighter images. Low light creates tricky situations not only for noise as you talked about, also for view interpretation.

Morris



Jan 07, 2022 at 03:06 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Western Screech Owl


I liked #1 .. like a movie still


Jan 07, 2022 at 05:02 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Western Screech Owl


Great subject, tough lighting and still came away good shots. I like them all.

John



Jan 07, 2022 at 08:22 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Western Screech Owl


AGeoJO wrote:
Look at those eyes! You did well capturing these under low lighting conditions, Rex - I enjoy them.

Joshua

Thanks much, Joshua, glad you enjoyed them.
Rex



Jan 08, 2022 at 01:09 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Western Screech Owl


Neat set Rex. Those pupils are huge. Great job under the conditions. Out of curiosity, how big or small is a Screech Owl? It looks tiny too me.

Greg



Jan 08, 2022 at 01:17 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Western Screech Owl


Very nicely done . I like your darker presentation the best . Especially like the one with the rain drop of the head.

Birdie



Jan 08, 2022 at 02:20 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Western Screech Owl


DivineFocus wrote:
Cute little guy. The bird's pupils tell the story of how dark it was. Love the water drops on the head.

Thanks for commenting, Dan. Yes it was dark. I could barely see a silhouette.
Rex



Jan 09, 2022 at 01:52 AM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Western Screech Owl


Pretty amazing that you pulled these images out of those conditions. Well done !
Gary



Jan 09, 2022 at 08:44 AM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Western Screech Owl


louie champan wrote:
Rex, first off what a find and you did very well given the lighting situation. Good job!

Thanks, Louie.

Rex



Jan 09, 2022 at 08:19 PM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Western Screech Owl


Excellent shots of a bird that is hard to find.
Those are some long exposure times.

Dave



Jan 09, 2022 at 08:57 PM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Western Screech Owl


Great series Rex. The only view of this species I have ever had was a face in a nest box or tree crevice. Great job getting sharp shots with those long exposure times. Well done.


Jan 10, 2022 at 02:14 AM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Western Screech Owl


Nice capture! Would like to see one one day. FWIW I prefer your original processing. If you are shooting an animal in near dark, the image should look at least a little dark IMO.


Jan 10, 2022 at 02:17 AM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Western Screech Owl


That looks challenging. Nice shots.


Jan 10, 2022 at 12:33 PM
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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Western Screech Owl


Nice shots. I know what you mean. I have taken images several times and it soften very hard to get the AF to lock on. Great job.

Dave



Jan 10, 2022 at 01:07 PM
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