My OCD Kicked In

........and I went for another drive today to see the local celebrity Northern Hawk Owl. He sure didn't feel like sitting still as he flew from tree to tree, most of them far away, in his search for food. I took 272 pics today, and kept 48, way more than I should have but you know........
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IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2isa​MVQ _D8I3190 Northern Hawk Owl by Ian Murray, on Flickr
2. Sorry about the sky colour - chalk it up to artistic locense, I couldn't resist.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2isb​Wfe _D8I3176 Northern Hawk Owl by Ian Murray, on Flickr
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IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2is8​ank _D8I3170 Northern Hawk Owl by Ian Murray, on Flickr
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IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2isa​Szj _D8I3123 Northern Hawk Owl by Ian Murray, on Flickr
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IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2is8​egC _D8I3034 Northern Hawk Owl by Ian Murray, on Flickr
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IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2is8​cq8 _D8I3130 Northern Hawk Owl by Ian Murray, on Flickr

IAN - Living life on the shores of the Wallace River in northern Nova Scotia, Canada :
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Greg
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Gregsiem wrote in post #19007806
Superb !
I made do with Snowies on Sunday, but yours trump mine any day !

Thanks very much Greg! Man I’d trade you a NHO for a Snowy any day of the week, I haven’t seen one in years.

IAN - Living life on the shores of the Wallace River in northern Nova Scotia, Canada :
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Dan
Love the pictures, keep them coming
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Rokinon 14mm F/2.8

budcam wrote in post #19007819
Beauty set Ian nicely done and lucky you.

Hi Dan, thanks, I truly appreciate the comment.

IAN - Living life on the shores of the Wallace River in northern Nova Scotia, Canada :
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Al
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CDMOOSE wrote in post #19008080
Good for you, Ian; great shots. We went looking last week, but did not find one, only lots of crossbills that were too far away.

Good morning Al, many thanks. I timed that visit well, sunny skies, but snow now for the rest of the week. Good luck in your search.

IAN - Living life on the shores of the Wallace River in northern Nova Scotia, Canada :
Canon 1D4, 1D-X, 1D-X II, almost enough glass. My Flickr.

Don
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See my photos on My Flickr

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Don1 wrote in post #19008342
Great angle Ian. Been awhile since I've been on POTN.

Hey Don long time no hear! My activity level has dropped way off too. Nice to hear from you!

CaptBob wrote in post #19008347
Wow Ian.......looks like the new rig is working out just fine

Hey Bob.....yes I love it.

IAN - Living life on the shores of the Wallace River in northern Nova Scotia, Canada :
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*Sandy* "If we all had positive attitudes...we could change the world"
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SJC from VT wrote in post #19008571
Very nice Ian. I really like that last shot!

Hi Sandy, thank you. It's really just showing how far up in the tallest trees they like to sit - way way up.

IAN - Living life on the shores of the Wallace River in northern Nova Scotia, Canada :
Canon 1D4, 1D-X, 1D-X II, almost enough glass. My Flickr.

yeah, I gots some stuff.
Roger

rwmson wrote in post #19009256
That's some good OCD right there!

Haha thanks very much!

IAN - Living life on the shores of the Wallace River in northern Nova Scotia, Canada :
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Wallace River wrote in post #19007795
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I especially like the sky color in this image.

Muted, washed out skies are really beautiful, whereas boldly colored skies are garish and unfavorable.

I think the way you could get the sky in your other images to look more like this one would simply be to select the blue channel, and then, within the blue channel:

1: . decrease saturation by a TON

2: . increase exposure by a TON

3: . shift the tint from magenta to green by a little

Then you would get the kind of muted, pastel skies that are so beautiful and don't overpower your subject so severely.


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