Great Horned Owl Flight

[Jim Neiger]

I Just returned from 2 weeks at Bosque and a week in Puerto Rico. I went out this afternoon to do some scouting for a workshop later this week. It turned out to be a pretty good afternoon including a close encounter of the GHO kind. This is a wild bird that was called, but not baited.

http://www.flightschoolphotography.com/POST/GHO-120109-1.jpg
Osceola County, FL - 1D3, 500mm, hand held, 1/1000, F4, ISO 1600, manual exposure

[Harshad Barve]

lighting is surreal here
TFS

[david cramer]

Wonderful detail, light, background, and pose. A real beauty!

[Dave Leroy]

Let's hope it turns up for the workshop as well. Nicely done in low light conditions. Lovely light and bg. Dave

[Kiran Poonacha]

great diving pose, loved the light and Bg here, congrats..

[Morkel Erasmus]

light, pose and colours are great! not sure if the high ISO had an effect on your IQ here as the bird doesn't seem that sharp?

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Jim...killer light, gaze and pose. The bird must be flying really fast...testing your skills before the workshop :-)

[Clement Francis]

My God this is one of the best flight shots of my most favorite owl, Lighting to focus to BG to over all picture, everything is loveable here

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Looking good Jim! Fabulous light and wonderful BG to complement the owl. :)

[Anand Kavalapara]

Great shot Jim. Never seen a GHO in flight, the warm light complements the bird's color and a slight downward flight pose shows intensity.