My first Owl photos! (Re edited, with CA removed!)

[FITBMX]

You hardly ever see owls around here, this is probably the fourth one I've seen in my whole life, and I had never seen one this close!!!

Would love some good C&C on these as well!

 

[tirediron]

Sweet mother of gawd, that's the worst CA I've ever seen!!!! It's a result of exposure, contrast, and [usually] sub-par lens design. Most software such as Lightroom, will remove it quickly and easily.

 

[FITBMX]

Sweet mother of gawd, that's the worst CA I've ever seen!!!! It's a result of exposure, contrast, and [usually] sub-par lens design. Most software such as Lightroom, will remove it quickly and easily.

All I got is my 70-300mm T3i kit lens, for these shots. I will look up how to fix it in LR.

 

[jsecordphoto]

That's so awesome, my first time shooting an owl I was SO excited. And yeah, that is some of the worst CA I have ever seen.

 

[FITBMX]

That's so awesome, my first time shooting an owl I was SO excited. And yeah, that is some of the worst CA I have ever seen.

Sweet mother of gawd, that's the worst CA I've ever seen!!!! It's a result of exposure, contrast, and [usually] sub-par lens design. Most software such as Lightroom, will remove it quickly and easily.

Here is a question for either of you. I fixed the CA in Lightroom, using the Lens correction, which worked great! But it will not stay corrected, I switch to the next photo to work on it, and when I go back it is no longer fixed! What am I doing wrong???

 

[tirediron]

...Here is a question for either of you. I fixed the CA in Lightroom, using the Lens correction, which worked great! But it will not stay corrected, I switch to the next photo to work on it, and when I go back it is no longer fixed! What am I doing wrong???

You got me..

 

[Claudillama]

GREAT SHOT! BEAUTIFUL!!

 

[FITBMX]

You got me..

Rats!!!

However, they look real nice once they are fixed!

 

[DarkShadow]

Nice shot though,I think If I see an owl I will faint from excitement.

 

[FITBMX]

The Lightroom problem solved it's self, I have no clue what the deal was with it!

I know these aren't great, any ideas on editing, or shooting these types of photos would be great! I know we have some of the best bird and wildlife photographers out there on TPF!!!

 

[JacaRanda]

Great information here Secrets of Digital Bird Photography

Table of contents:
Secrets of Digital Bird Photography

 

[FITBMX]

Great information here Secrets of Digital Bird Photography

Table of contents:
Secrets of Digital Bird Photography

That is a lot of great info, thanks a bunch!!!

 

[MSnowy]

Very nice!

 

[WesternGuy]

These are quite good, clean images of the owl. At least he isn't hiding behind a branch. I would be tempted to remove those two "branches/twigs" on the left side of the bird as they are a distraction (Lightroom can do that). I would also be tempted to use the Adjustment Brush to lighten up its eyes - I said "tempted".

The only advice I would give you for future shots is to watch the background. It's not too bad in this one, but I often find that I have let a "distracting" element creep in on some of my shots. I am so concentrated on the bird that I can sometimes forget to check the whole image before pushing the shutter button.

If you are really interested in birds, then you might want to check out Art Morris' blog - Arthur Morris BIRDS AS ART . He is recognized as perhaps the top bird photographer in North America.

WesternGuy

 

[JacaRanda]

These are quite good, clean images of the owl. At least he isn't hiding behind a branch. I would be tempted to remove those two "branches/twigs" on the left side of the bird as they are a distraction (Lightroom can do that). I would also be tempted to use the Adjustment Brush to lighten up its eyes - I said "tempted".

The only advice I would give you for future shots is to watch the background. It's not too bad in this one, but I often find that I have let a "distracting" element creep in on some of my shots. I am so concentrated on the bird that I can sometimes forget to check the whole image before pushing the shutter button.

If you are really interested in birds, then you might want to check out Art Morris' blog - Arthur Morris BIRDS AS ART . He is recognized as perhaps the top bird photographer in North America.

WesternGuy

Just ignore all the ads to purchase things if you can. You have to be able to weed through it all - there's lots. I peek at his site almost daily.