Little owl down the lens ,wild and free

[dennis greenwood]

Hi , this is one of my favorite shots of a a work in progress in trying to capture the owl coming straight at me.
There is only a small area were i can get a cleanish background when attempting this shot as obstacles cant be moved, i also have to take a gamble when seting up that he will come in the direction i have set up for .This is a farlly large crop to lose some in situ post to the left...This is the pose i am looking for just need to get it without having to crop to much.
Canon 1dx mki with the 500mm f4 iso 2000 ss 1/2000 sec +1/3 ev F4 ..tripod mounted .
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[John Mack]

Like the direct stare and the green right behind the owl.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent pose and details, this is a really tough shot to pull and you did well here. my only wish is that there was less noise on the underside, you can fix it in post

TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

Your time spent in trying to get an ideal set up is working well, one of your best Dennis - well done.

[annmpacheco]

Well done Dennis, this is fantastic, such a great frame.

[William Dickson]

Nice looking frame. Great flight pose with nice detail. I am sure you will get more opportunities

Well done Dennis

Will

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Nice Frame. I like the direct stare and beautiful clean background.

[Isaac Grant]

This is great. Perfect head on stare and flight pose. Beautiful background and I love the crop. This is a real winner. Agree with Arash that you could do a bit more NR on the underside to top this one off.