Dark Side Of The Woods/ Great Gray Owl by Gary Fairhead
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From the Winter of 2009 and this was one of four Great Gray Owls I saw and photographed over a period of weeks in the Dunrobin Ontario area. This shot was overexposed but was salvageable thanks to the great tolerances in the RAW image. I underexposed the RAW image to TIFF format by almost a full stop. I also had to add canvas to the bottom as the bird’s foot was touching the edge of the frame. The background was dark but busy so its been blurred. So a bit of work to salvage one of my favourite images of this owl :-)
Canon 50D and 400 F5.6, ISO 500, 1/1000 sec at F5.6 + 2/3 exp.comp. (which is what overexposed the original file)
589 views Jan 16 2012
Dunrobin Ontario Canada
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Comments
WOW, need I say more? Ok, you talked me into it ~ Great capture of this raptor! Fave for sure!
nice work!! great job saving the image indeed!
Amazing capture well done!
Wow now that is awesome …. fantastic action shot of a beautiful bird.
Another awesome image, and thank you for being so generous with sharing details on how you achieve such great results, I am learning so much from you.
Excellent recovery of a great shot Gary
Oh I am so glad you salvaged it. I can’t get over the legs in this image… everything is so balanced and beautiful!
Just truly a breathtaking shot. Wow wow wow.
Breathtaking, Gary! Love the landing gear / catching gear hanging down ready to pounce. Fantastic image! AMR
great work,