-- greg rothschild (gnr@toast.net), October 31, 1999

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taken with eos 300mm lens and 1.4x converter, on kodak e100sw. i wanted to mention 2 things: i know that the blade of grass (blocking the leg)is pretty prominent, but does it take away too much? the other thing is about that the bright spot above the owls left eye- on the slide it is just brighter- not over-exposed. the entire frame was fairly evenly lit except for that bright spot- so i purposely underexposed for it. on my computer it looks like maybe i didn't underexpose enough but the slide looks ok. thanks- greg

-- greg rothschild (gnr@toast.net), October 31, 1999.

Looks great to me.

-- Larry Korhnak (lvk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu), November 01, 1999.

Greg, the lighting and the grass over the leg doesn't bother me in the least, infact, I think this owl is well exposed. My suggestions to improve this image would be to try to get the owl from an lower level, perhaps even his eye level. Also, the owl looks a bit too cramped in the frame, perhaps because the subject is centered. Perhaps adding a tad bit more space at the left (owl's right) would help. I understand that there may have been obstacles and distractions that may have prevented you from changing the angle and/or crop, so I make these suggestions as an "ideal" goal. With that in mind, overall it is a good owl shot. Respectfully, Donna

-- Donna P. Bollenbach (cassidy@icubed.net), November 01, 1999.