Olympic Tribute: Sticking the Landing

[Doug Brown]

I'm getting excited about the upcoming London Olympics. Here's a Burrowing Owl doing his best impression of a gymnast sticking the landing.



Canon 5D Mark III, 600mm II, f/4, 1/4000, ISO 800, manual exposure, hand held

[Randy Stout]

Doug:

Fun, unusual pose, well exposed, great eye contact.

Because of the pose and eyes straight ahead, I might consider a crop from the left. Because of the strong diagonals created by the wings and legs, I think the more squarish crop would work well.

I also might have traded a bit of shutter speed for a little more dof?

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Cool landing pose well captured, Doug. Love the low angle and background.

[Jack Breakfast]

Terrific, Doug. A wonderfully unusual look at this amazing bird...

[Craig Kerr]

The image draws your attention to the eye's... like the excellent use of DOF, pastel colors and detail... Lovely shot Doug

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent landing pose and I love those talons! wish we had one here!

[dankearl]

The talons and the eye contact are really nice. Interesting setting, a very stark location it appears.

[Layton E Parham]

Seems that the new 600 is doing well.

[Markus Jais]

Awesome shot with great landing pose. The bird looking at the camera makes this amazing!

Markus

[Mike Tracy]

Captivating pose, love seeing the talons and stare. Wish the wing wasn't quite so close to the horizon line and maybe (?) a tad more contrast.

[denise ippolito]

Awesome capture Doug! Love the energy.

[Patrick Sparkman]

Love the action, great head angle stare, and the talons. I like the composition as is.

[christopher galeski]

nice landing pose,the eyes and talons magic,well done.

[Carmelo Cannova]

Fantastic landing pose with good details.

Carmelo

[Sidharth Kodikal]

And it's a perfect 10, Doug. A very unique pose, timed just perfectly. Direct eye contact is icing on the cake. Comp is perfect too. Terrific work!

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful landing pose,Sir. Excellent composition with lovely lights and colors.
Love the pose,great details,BG and superb expression in the eyes..
Regards,
Satish.

[Jonathan Ashton]

What a great shot, perfect timing. Just love the pose and those little talons are the icing on the cake.
I was initially going to suggest lowering the brightness a little but I expect the conditions were indeed very bright.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Awesome pose Doug, also love the eye contact. Congrates on new 600.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the comments everyone!