I thought this was an amazing picture

cliveh · Jan 16, 2017

Daria Cherepanova from the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, is pictured with Mykh, an eight-month-old great grey owl, during a training session to tame wild animals.

keenmaster486 · Jan 16, 2017

Do you know what the camera/film was?

Eric Rose · Jan 16, 2017

I don't care what the camera / film is/was. It's a cool pic.

Sirius Glass · Jan 16, 2017

Is it a real photograph or fauxto$hop? If it is on the internet, we don't know.

Soeren · Jan 16, 2017

The name of the photographer is Ilya Naymushin
And based on the distribution of the flare downwards in relation to the horisontal distribution Id say the camera was a Canon 5D II
Nevertheless its a cool pic.

https://widerimage.reuters.com/photographer/ilya-naymushin

Harry Stevens · Jan 20, 2017

Owl do you know that.......Get it ...Owl...

miha · Jan 21, 2017

This picture works on so many levels.

cliveh · Jan 21, 2017

miha said:
This picture works on so many levels.

I think I know what you mean, but please explain.

NB23 · Jan 21, 2017

What's so good about this picture?

cliveh · Jan 21, 2017

NB23 said:
What's so good about this picture?

Do you often see someone with a great grey owl perched on their head with it's feathers semi frozen in flight and its eye with such a fixed expression? I'm looking forward to viewing your portfolio of images.

Patrick Robert James · Jan 21, 2017

Clive, if you think that is impressive Google "eagle hunters Mongolia" and prepare to be blown away.

removed account4 · Jan 21, 2017

Patrick Robert James said:
Clive, if you think that is impressive Google "eagle hunters Mongolia" and prepare to be blown away.

and there is a movie coming out about this very thing ( or came out already ? ) .. blown away is kind of an understatement !

LAG · Jan 22, 2017

miha said:
This picture works on so many levels.

Such as?

cliveh said:
I think I know what you mean, but please explain.

Excuse me, why don't you explain what you think you know as well?

NB23 said:
What's so good about this picture?

cliveh said:
Do you often see someone with a great grey owl perched on their head with it's feathers semi frozen in flight and its eye with such a fixed expression? I'm looking forward to viewing your portfolio of images.

With all my respect, the MB23 question says much more about the image than this next answer, based on seemingly devastating arguments but with eyes tightly closed.

What's up guys? Why is it so difficult to analyze an image without ending up in a fight?

Best

Sirius Glass · Jan 22, 2017

The picture does not work at many levels for me.

cliveh · Jan 22, 2017

Calm down, it's just a good picture and analysis is not required.

macfred · Jan 22, 2017

I really like the photograph from the Russian Zoo (though it is a digital one) - I don't need any analysis to like a photograph.

LAG · Jan 22, 2017

cliveh said:
it's just a good picture ...

cliveh said:
... analysis is not required.

A curious phrase ...

Anyway, it's a great pity! (the second part, I mean)

macfred said:
- I don't need any analysis to like a photograph.

We don’t always know what we like, but we’re pretty sure we don’t like what we don’t know (of course, you may don't like this)

cliveh · Jan 22, 2017

LAG said:
A curious phrase ...

Anyway, it's a great pity! (the second part, I mean)

We don’t always know what we like, but we’re pretty sure we don’t like what we don’t know (of course, you may don't like this)

Why do you find the phrase "analysis not required" a pity? Do you have trouble seeing?

LAG · Jan 22, 2017

cliveh said:
Why do you find the phrase "analysis not required" a pity? Do you have trouble seeing?

I find it a pity the lack of analytical comments, not the fact that they have to be necessary of course. I thought it was obvious, but I apologize if I have explained it wrong and it has not been understood.

Regards

Sirius Glass · Jan 22, 2017

It is a nice snapshot. That is all. Nice action but not a work of art nor "Something I just have to have on the wall."

Vaughn · Jan 22, 2017

An interesting photograph, but not what I would call amazing...other than the subject(s).

Good points -- luck favores the prepared. Nice sense of movement in the wings, especially contrasted by the stillnesss of the woman. The shallow depth of field combined with the movement of the owl and the sharpness of the woman creates a strong feeling of 3-layered depth to the image. (Edited to add - it is unfortunate that this was not taken advantage of in the composition of the image.)

Not so good points -- Why is an owl humping that woman's head? (Okay, an easy joke -- but there must have been more interesting images.) Turn the camera over occasionally. (edited to add - I think there was a possibility of a stunning vertical image here.) Instead of my eye being lead thru the image, it is being jerked around. The composition is just lacking in any redeeming values...except there are a couple interesting crops that can be done to make it far more interesting. A square cropping keeping full height and the owl's eye just left of center. I get a visually challanging movement between the sun, the owls head and the woman's head. My eye travels back and forth over the three without wanting to leave the image.

More conventually, crop down a third of the way down between the top of the wings and the owl's head, and then the sides accordingly -- just helps my eye to connect the owl and the woman without distraction of the bright sky and sun.

LAG · Jan 23, 2017

Vaughn said:
An interesting photograph, but not what I would call amazing...other than the subject(s).

Good points -- luck favores the prepared. Nice sense of movement in the wings, especially contrasted by the stillnesss of the woman. The shallow depth of field combined with the movement of the owl and the sharpness of the woman creates a strong feeling of 3-layered depth to the image.

Not so good points -- Why is an owl humping that woman's head? (Okay, an easy joke -- but there must have been more interesting images.) Turn the camera over occasionally. Instead of my eye being lead thru the image, it is being jerked around. The composition is just lacking in any redeeming values...except there are a couple interesting crops that can be done to make it far more interesting. A square cropping keeping full height and the owl's eye just left of center. I get a visually challanging movement between the sun, the owls head and the woman's head. My eye travels back and forth over the three without wanting to leave the image.

More conventually, crop down a third of the way down between the top of the wings and the owl's head, and then the sides accordingly -- just helps my eye to connect the owl and the woman without distraction of the bright sky and sun.

Thank you very much for sharing your point of view!
Regards

NB23 · Feb 8, 2017

cliveh said:
Do you often see someone with a great grey owl perched on their head with it's feathers semi frozen in flight and its eye with such a fixed expression? I'm looking forward to viewing your portfolio of images.

Why ask? Well, if that image blows you away I guess that half my portfolio will blow you away as well.

miha · Feb 8, 2017

NB23 said:
Why ask? Well, if that image blows you away I guess that half my portfolio will blow you away as well.

I'm not Clive, but some if not most of the stuff you have shown on-line here and on other forums (the L-forum in particular, years ago) really is good!

removed account4 · Feb 8, 2017

miha said:
I'm not Clive, but some if not most of the stuff you have shown on-line here and on other forums (the L-forum in particular, years ago) really is good!

+1 !

I thought this was an amazing picture

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