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First time using a multi flash setup at night, quite stressful to get the amount of fill right, lots of wasted shots.

Taken with my XT-50 & Tamron 150-500mm

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

While I'm not the biggest fan of people flashing owls, you got a very lovely shot.

You got great detail of the fringe on the leading edges of the wing, which I don't see very often. There's also enough light to show the eyes are brown, not black, and the reflection gives some highlight to the tapetum lucidum without being too much. Facial disc also stands out nicely.

Feel free to share with !superbowl@lemmy.world if you'd like. They tend to love when other users get to capture some nice owl photos.

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

thanks for taking the time to review my photo, always appreciate getting detailed feedback! Will have to cross post

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I'm a bit of an owl fancier, one could say. 😜

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That stress looks well worth it to me!

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago