Another Short-eared owl

[arash_hazeghi]

Here is another short eared owl image from British Columbia

I hope you like it

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1DX II 400DO II + 1.4X III. ISO 2500. f/5.6 at 1/1600sec. hand held. processed with DPP 4.5

happy new year everyone!

[Joe Subolefsky]

Beautiful! Those guys are so much fun to shoot.

[Isaac Grant]

As always, beautiful pose with killer eye contact and superior processing. I have 3 of these locally but they are always very far away on the top of a local landfill. There are a few that people are getting shots of about 50 miles away that I must get to one of these days. Shots like this are inspiring. Just crazy good Arash.

[Frank Schauf]

Perfect with great eye contact.

[Bill Dix]

Fabulous head-on look, great detail, and nice complementary background. No nits from me.

[Michael Thompson]

Great capture, with such a nice look right at you while flying by, great sharpness in face and body, nice light, color, pretty much perfect!

[Arthur Morris]

That face and the sharpness take my breath away ... Background to die for. Killer at ISO 2500.

Those who like Arash's post processing and noise reduction skills need to check out the Post-Processing Guide here (http://birdsasart-shop.com/the-professional-post-processing-guide/).

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Arash! I like the IQ, BG, sharpness, eye contact, BG and composition. Happy New Year to you as well.

[Mike Poole]

Absolute beauty Arash - whats not to like? They eye contact here is sublime, and the light is awesome. Even by your standards this one stands out.

Mike

[arash_hazeghi]

thanks everyone

[Mike Hitchen]

Stunning, Arash.
You always seem to get the guys looking at you - I have a mental image of you with a mouse tethered to the top of your head :eek3: Or a lenscoat with small ears wiggling in the breeze.

[Doug Brown]

A real beauty of a frame Arash!

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks guys

Mike most birds do look at you when flying at some point, you just gotta be fast enough to capture it :bg3: and the 1DXII's 14 fps is made for these situations :t3

[David Salem]

Talk about eye contact!! Killer frame Arash!!