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Jim Neiger
02-15-2010, 02:09 PM
http://www.flightschoolphotography.com/POST/BO91.jpg

Osceola County, Fl - 1D4, 500mm, hand held from boat, 1/1600, F71, ISO 800, manual exposure
Thew image was made yesterday afternoon during my "Fly South with the Birds" workshop.
Doug Brown
02-15-2010, 02:24 PM
Pretty awesome Jim! I might be tempted to remove the blue spots of sky on either side of the bird.
Gary Jones
02-15-2010, 02:30 PM
Great angle coming straight at you. Tight crop works well. Ditto Doug on the blue spots.
Kris Mortensen
02-15-2010, 03:10 PM
Pretty neat shot? Tough to get these owls flying towards you in the daylight! Did you use sound?
Markus Jais
02-15-2010, 03:51 PM
Awesome "close-up". This is an amazing close view of this large owl.
I like the composition and the tight crop.

How close was the bird? Must be not more than 15m away.

Markus
Sid Garige
02-15-2010, 05:38 PM
Killer image Jim. Head shot in flight is really wonderful. Fantastic job.
Jim Neiger
02-15-2010, 05:55 PM
Pretty neat shot? Tough to get these owls flying towards you in the daylight! Did you use sound?

Yes.
Jim Neiger
02-15-2010, 06:00 PM
Awesome "close-up". This is an amazing close view of this large owl.
I like the composition and the tight crop.

How close was the bird? Must be not more than 15m away.

Markus

Exif data says .69m, but that is impossible. I'm guessing between 10 and 15 meters. In the original frame, the Owl's right wing was very slightly clipped and the left wing tip was almost touching the edge of the frame.
david cramer
02-15-2010, 07:03 PM
Wowza! Love the close crop. I agree about the blue spots. Are you wearing a big old owl suit?
Marina Scarr
02-15-2010, 08:44 PM
Hi Jim:

Killer image. The details you acquired in the owl's face handholding the 500 are pretty amazing. Love the light under the wings and tail. Agree about the blue spots detracting but it's a personal decision whether you wish to alter the image. Either way it's a killer image.
Ed Cordes
02-15-2010, 10:56 PM
Absolutely wonderful. Tack sharp and super DOF. Frankly the blue spots don't bother me that much as they are natural and also OOF.
Dave Barnes
02-16-2010, 12:48 AM
Just got to love that detail in the face. Fantastic capture.
I admire your images.
Any thoughts of moving his head a bit further left in the frame and removing those blue spots?
Ilija Dukovski
02-17-2010, 12:35 PM
Fantastic capture, the eyes especially.