Saw Whet

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padrepaul

padrepaul

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A little saw whet owl from not too far away, was able to see him a couple of times, thanks for any thoughts; he's fairly in the open but lighting in the woods is pretty rough.

Post work in ADOBE Raw, Topaz DeNoise, Topaz Sharpener, Nik Color Effects Pro (contrast adjustments).

Z9, 100-400 f/4.5-5.6, 1/100; ISO 800; 400mm; flash used.
 

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That is very nicely done. The whites are right at the edge of blowing out but not, so you got every bit of brightness out of them. Same with the shadows, dark but still some detail showing. Since you put in for critique the relatively minor thing I notice is that one can tell it is a flash, with the strong value contrast with the background. I'm thinking the background doesn't have to be that dark.
 
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bleirer said:
That is very nicely done. The whites are right at the edge of blowing out but not, so you got every bit of brightness out of them. Same with the shadows, dark but still some detail showing. Since you put in for critique the relatively minor thing I notice is that one can tell it is a flash, with the strong value contrast with the background. I'm thinking the background doesn't have to be that dark.
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Hi Bill, thanks...I did try to adjust it here to make the background a little less dark.

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