Snowy Owl in Flight with 100-400 II

[Loi Nguyen]

Thank you for commenting on my previous Snowy Owl images. Still going thru the files and trying to find my best of the series.

1DX
100-400 II @ 400mm
1/2000
f5.6
ISO-3200
HH

Owl was attracted with food
Near FF, cropped a little bit all around except RHS.
Cloned out 2 stalks of dry grass in the FG (I wasn't going to do it, but decided to make this frame clean of distracting elements)

The 100-400 II is an amazing lens for close up work. There would be no way for me to get this frame with hand holding the 500f4.

Great fun shooting with Daniel that day.

Thank you for your comments.

Loi

[Mike Poole]

You certainly nailed this one Loi.

My first though was it may be a little tight in the frame, but it's the eyes and face that rule this shot for me, so the wings close to the edges become much less of an issue than normal.

Nice details all round, superb work

Mike

[WillieHall]

Nice work (fun). love the sharp face and BG. I just ordered a 100-400 II for my 7D II, but they are backordered, can't wait :(

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent incoming flight shot, Loi.

[Giovanni Frescura]

Very nice ...good shoot!!!
Eyes perfect...

[Daniel Cadieux]

It was fun indeed. Nice incoming pose, and the darker upper BG helps separate the subject from it. I'd be tempted to saturate the eyes a tad more, those cloudy days really dull up those irises compared to sun!