I left New Zealand mid-2003, bound for Istanbul and a new lif. After two years, a Belgian guy lured me into his world, deep in the heart of Europe. For a long time I was an in-process immigrant. One day we married. These days it's about photography, a little red wine and wandering ... and so the journey goes.
Mlle, it was just me, the owl, its handler, and my Canon EOS 5D Series II camera. I checked the image in Photoshop CS2 but it didn't need anything done, sometimes there's a minor levels adjustment as I usually shot on 2/3's of a stop under, and so I downsized and published it on the blog.
No tricks. Everyone asks me and I'm never sure whether to be complimented or insulted that people think it's all done someplace else outside of the camera xo
Oh, Di, so stunning. Those eyes! Don't be insulted--it's a compliment! Most of us can't begin to capture or create an image like this without serious technological help. You are gifted!
Thanks RD, and really, I was laughing as I wrote of compliment versus insult. Shannon knows me ... I'm actually truly really not clever enough to work much in photoshop. My daughter does the heavy duty stuff but a comment on the other owl photograph and I understood what Ms Mlle meant - once she realised that the beautiful owl came with a handler's arm and she understood all :)
Di, these owl shots are great. you're lucky to have been that close to such a beautiful bird. i've spent a lot of time trying to catch a glimpse of the owl i hear in the night but no luck... so far. thanks for sharing.
I was lucky, kompo Stella, so lucky. I was like a kid at Christmas and kept going back to them. Their owner teased me that I would need a dvd not a cd when it came time to sending him his set of copies :) Good luck with your owl hunting. These owls were eating baby chickens, mice and rats but I guess you don't want to organise that.
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This is an absolutely beautiful shot.
oh dear... this is so gorgeous! Tell us more about the equipment that allowed you to get this looking so amazing!!
Thank you, Ms Pouty Lips :)
Mlle, it was just me, the owl, its handler, and my Canon EOS 5D Series II camera. I checked the image in Photoshop CS2 but it didn't need anything done, sometimes there's a minor levels adjustment as I usually shot on 2/3's of a stop under, and so I downsized and published it on the blog.
No tricks.
Everyone asks me and I'm never sure whether to be complimented or insulted that people think it's all done someplace else outside of the camera xo
Oh, Di, so stunning. Those eyes! Don't be insulted--it's a compliment! Most of us can't begin to capture or create an image like this without serious technological help. You are gifted!
Thanks RD, and really, I was laughing as I wrote of compliment versus insult. Shannon knows me ... I'm actually truly really not clever enough to work much in photoshop. My daughter does the heavy duty stuff but a comment on the other owl photograph and I understood what Ms Mlle meant - once she realised that the beautiful owl came with a handler's arm and she understood all :)
Di, these owl shots are great. you're lucky to have been that close to such a beautiful bird.
i've spent a lot of time trying to catch a glimpse of the owl i hear in the night but no luck... so far.
thanks for sharing.
the orange eyes are so darn beautiful
I was lucky, kompo Stella, so lucky. I was like a kid at Christmas and kept going back to them. Their owner teased me that I would need a dvd not a cd when it came time to sending him his set of copies :) Good luck with your owl hunting. These owls were eating baby chickens, mice and rats but I guess you don't want to organise that.
They are, aren't they Van :)
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