A treat from Ottawa

[arash_hazeghi]

Great Grey Owl thanks to Dan, hope you like it

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1DX 300 f/2.8 II + 1.4X TC 1/1600 sec f/4 ISO 3200 handheld. Owl was baited.

[Kim.K.K.Lam]

WoW...Superb capture...well done.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Spectacular image, love it! How is the AF speed of the 300 2.8 II+1.4 III particularly for BIFs?

[PhilCook]

Is this an Owl or a Psychiatrist's ink blot image......almost perfect symmetry Arash ....loving it !

[James Fuller]

Awesome, love the piercing stare and symmetry of the wings!

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent flight pose and sharp details.

[dankearl]

Nice work Arash, cool down the barrel pose, nice and sharp as usual.
Looking forward to more, nice you made the trip to see these beautiful Owls.
I am envious!

[Robert Holguin]

Wow!! What a shot!
Love the incoming angle of the owl.
Sharp, excellent pose, terrific comp, and the stare is amazing.
Very well done.

[Jonathan Ashton]

A super capture, great pose and excellent timing. It does appear a little too bright to me, I have taken the liberty of making an alternative version for your consideration, I will be interested to read your comments:w3

[shane shacaluga]

How many mice have had that as their last view! Great shot Arash. Those eyes are so intense.

[Sandy Witvoet]

Fantastic! Oh... Fantastic (did I say that before?) ok.... OP also looks a bit bright on my monitor, RP looks rather "blue"? I'm certainly not the best at PP... but somewhere in between to make the Owl really POP?

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Wowza! Great pose and wing detail Arash. Nice to see you came home with some good stuff. Dan must be exhausted LOL!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Cheryl, I am indeed exhausted!:S3: I find the OP just right...that is the correct "brightness" of the owls, and the BG is actually white snow (which is also bouncing light on the owl from below). Cool head-on image with neat wing positions. It was a pleasure meeting you Arash!

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks everyone for comments, I also find the brightness in the original closest to the scene.



Many thanks to Dan, who was my host and made it possible to capture these images. I will post more soon!