Barred owl

Lake Martin Louisiana. Hand held.

Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Lens (mm): 600 (300mm f2.8 +2x)
ISO: 800
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/125
Exp. Comp.: -0.7

Cheers
gary

Great feather detail Gary, especially considering you were hand holding the 600! I don't mind the lack of eye contact here. BG is a bit noisy, and the bird is a little tight in the frame. Let's try to get together soon and take some pictures!

Doug this is nearly full frame, I cut a little on the top. He was that close.

Terrific, Gary. I didn't have to look to know where you took this one! I love the detail in the feathers of his face.

I wonder how this would look with that little bit from the top added back in. I do think it needs a bit more room also.

I really like the tight composition,nice details too!

Great opportunity and well done. I like the pose and details and might reduce the greens a few points and run some NR on the BG.