Short-eared Owl

[francesco sestili]

Shooting data: Sony A700, Minolta 400 f. 4.5, tc Minolta 1.4x, 200 i.s.o., f. 7.1, 1/125 sec., levels and smart sharpen (0.3-80)

Small crop. I will come back there for full frame

[Jon]

Congratulations Francesco, a superb image, beautiful detail and a very nice background.
I suggest you consider toning down the highlights around his right eye disc - just a little and maybe add just a little light to his left eye - what do you think?

[manos]

beautiful pose,eye contact...bg!!!

[the_cheetah]

Yep go back there, wonderful shot of this guy, BG sets it all off nicely.

[francesco sestili]

Congratulations Francesco, a superb image, beautiful detail and a very nice background.
I suggest you consider toning down the highlights around his right eye disc - just a little and maybe add just a little light to his left eye - what do you think?

Yes Jon; you are right .

[francesco sestili]

Yes Jon; you are right .[/quote]


I made your corrections Jon. I agree about them.

[HPGFOTO]

Fantastic photo!

[mbonfanti1]

Very good picture Francesco.
I think that i see you in saturday 13,is possible?
Matteo.

[francesco sestili]

You have a my private message.

[William]

Beautiful shot Francesco. Both background, detail and colors are very appealing!
I really like the light as well and it looks even better with the adjustments.

[Vellu]

Great shot, good pose and great background! Beautiful bird!

[Peterm]

Great shot, sweet background and sharpness, I think I would have made it a vertical shot due to the pole and empty space on the right now. Would make a great cover photo btw.

[Juza]

Congratulations Francesco! This photo has been chosen as "Birds and Wildlife" Photo of the week !

[pmi]

AMAZING.

[AlessandroCarboni]

excellent image
thanks for sharing Francesco and congrats on the potw
very well deserved
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