Portrait of the Short eared owl and a quick tutorial

[arash_hazeghi]

Here is another short eared owl image from British Columbia. I wrote a short article on my blog explaining the technique behind making images like this. You can read it here

http://arihazeghiphotography.com/blog/how-to-get-close-to-your-subject/

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1DX II 400 DO II + 1.4X III. ISO 2500. F/5.6 at 1/2500sec. hand held. processed with DPP 4.5. hope you like it

[Mike Hitchen]

Another grat image, Arash. And thank you for sharing the tutorial

[David Salem]

Lucky you!! I would love to get some nice images of this species some day. This is about perfect with a great direct stare and perfectly lit eyes. Love it!
The tutorial is great too. It's the most important thing in avian photography IMHO opinion as you know. Getting close to your subject and the correct sun angle!! Lots of good info. TFS

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and eye contact.

[Mike Poole]

Excellent Arash, and thanks for the tutorial. The whole colour scheme just fits so well with the tones in the feathers, and they have some of the most beautiful eyes around.

Mike

[keith mitchell]

Arash this is excellent love the way it is perched on the single stem almost Kestrel like.

Will spend some time studying your tutorial,and many thanks for it.

Keith.

[Bill Dix]

A beautiful image, and great tutorial. Thanks.

[Alex Becker]

Awesome portrait and thank you for the tutorial. I especially like the portrait with the added catchlight on the nice greened stump.

[annmpacheco]

So lovely Arash, and a very useful tutorial, thanks for your generosity... Love the clarity, the soft BG, its a winner.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Picture perfect, with an appealing hint of habitat. Can't ask for a better perched owl image!

[William Dickson]

Beautiful image, showing what is needed to present the perfect frame. Very well done.

TFS and for the advice.

Will

[Jonathan Spool]

Great shot as always and thanks for an excellent tutorial

[Jonathan Ashton]

Arash, this is outstanding photography, congratulations on such quality. I like the image very much along with the ones in your tutorial. Out of curiosity how much of a crop is the image?
I am familiar and agree entirely with your tutorial and if it is at all possible I try to do similar but the SEOs at my patch are becoming increasingly skittish due to photographers rambling around and not making the most of cover, plus dog walkers roaming all over the place. It is no wonder they are spending more time away from the fringes of the marsh.

[Joe Subolefsky]

WoW not sure how it could be any better then that. TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks everyone

Jon this was a FF horizontal shot which I cropped into vertical. I hear you about the walkers and obnoxious photographers. See it all the time

[Stuart Philpott]

Arash another big thank you for the tutorial ,it is so true just occassionally one finds a raptor that is more tolerant of us and such chances are very special. I love your SEO shots,I'm hoping beyond hope ours start getting up in the day before they go back home to breed,such amazing birds such ajoy to watch let alone make images of.
Arash why did you shoot in landscape and crop to portrait ? Is there a reason you didn't frame this in portrait,I've half a hunch you might reply with I was hoping for a take off,but am very unsure.

Always stunning and this set of SEO's no different ,just fabulous

Take care

stu

[Bob Smith]

Seen dozens of shots of these guys up here this year Arash--this is the first one that does it right---thanks for showing what can be done with these beautiful birds and also for the blog lesson.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Spectacular image, Arash. Beautiful light.

Geoffrey




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[arash_hazeghi]

Thank you all again

[arash_hazeghi]

Stuart, you are right I was setup for flight!