Another Take off Shot

[padrepaul]

Admittedly I overthink my images in post; too hot, too much or too ltitle blue, too much saturation, contrast, etc.

I did calibrate my monitor, and process on a Macbook Pro, 2019, 16 inch retina display. That should be fine for processing I'd hope.

Thanks for any feedback on this image, another in a series I took of a long eared owl taking off.

Light was coming from the right; brought up shadows a bit, light temp about 6900, adjusted slightly on blues in Capture One 22 on the RAW file; ran Topaz DeNoise, contrast color adjustment in NIK on the owl, detail extractor on the owl, and sharpened slightly.

To me, it looks pretty good; the light is "warming" the bird from the right so you get that on wings, and eyes are sharp but if I'm missing something let me know, or maybe just over thinking it.

Nikon Z9, 800 5.6, 1/1250, ISO 720.

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[NorthernFocus]

Awesome image. Love the bird's position, eye contact, and the tone of the BG. Nicely done.

 

[padrepaul]

Awesome image. Love the bird's position, eye contact, and the tone of the BG. Nicely done.

Thanks, I think I can tweek an image a thousand times and not know how to get it "just right."

 

[markymark]

Good hit padrepaul.
Love the way you captured it looking straight at you.

 

[dwillar]

I would like to see Nature Photography Critiques here and Digital Artistry Critiques moved to its own forum! The realism here is sometimes just plain non existent.

 

[Andrew Lamberson]

Gotta love those eyes!! Super shot!!

 

[MorganP]

Try lowering your contrast and or Dehaze. In the end you are are the artist and only you can say when it's right.

 

[Basil]

Great shot!! Love the eyes, staring straight though you.