Tawny Owl

[christopher galeski]

This shot taken this morning,in my local wood,sat on bow of tree,had to change my lens,over,was not in hide,thought it would fly away,however it stayed put,and even let me get a bit closer,got a few shots off then it flew off.cannon 400mm f/5.6,L,usm,7D,tripod,iso800,1/40s,f/5.6.crop,some sharpening,touch of levels.comments good or bad.thanks.

[jack williamson]

Top quality image of this owl Christopher. I like the environment. If you could darken the brightness

of the light spots in the bottom I think it would help. Well done and good for you that he was cooperative.

Jack

[Stu Bowie]

Good eye contact from the owl Christopher, and just love the lazy pose on one leg. You say you were sat in a bow of the tree, how do operate your tripod, or were you still on ground level.

[Karl Egressy]

Great find and shot, Stuart.
Some people might assume that the feathers on the breast appear to have been OOF but they are not.
They just look like they are on certain Owls. (Long and Short-eared Owls for example)
It is the nature of those feathers.

[Colin Knight]

Beautiful owl, never seen this species before. Nice habitat shot too. Didn't need a flash?

[Sachin Saraf]

Wow!

Cool looking Owl...love the way he is holding his one foot back for resting...Lovely exposure and Eye contact as well.

[Chad Caswell]

Congrats on this one Christopher :S3:

Looks like he was checking you out, Ditto others on the environment, exposure spot on, maybe a tad to much NR :2

[Arthur Morris]

Sweet looking bird. I love the head stripe. The light areas of distant sky do not bug me at all.

[dankearl]

Nice shot, I would maybe not center it if you have room.

[christopher galeski]

thankyou all for comments,Karl you are right about the feathers on the breast,you only need the wind to blow a bit,and the feathers look soft,and by the way Karl I am called chris,Stuart I was on ground level,the owl was sat on a bow of the tree.thanks again everybody.

[Ofer Levy]

I like this.

[noelle zaleski]

Very nice find Christopher! AKA Start :bg3:

You did a very nice job as others have mentioned. I would love to photograph this guy :)

[christopher galeski]

thankyou Ofer and Noelle for your comments,these guys only hunt at night,but sometimes you can catch them during the day roosting.

[Krijn Trimbos]

Very nice habitat shot of this guy. It is where you would expect to find these birds. Nice eye contact and considering the subject a very nice shooting angle. Well done!