Short eared owl in flight

[Ivan Ellison]

Same owl as previous post showing one of its closer fly passes. .Will wait for this years influx from Europe before posting more. Taken Lincolnshire 2011.
Shot in JPEG. Processed in PSE 10. About 40%crop to move from center frame to left side. Pulled the levels in, sharpened a little , and re sharpened after re-sizing for web.
Canon 50D
Canon 500 f4 is
ISO 800
1/640, f4.

[Kim.K.K.Lam]

Great flight pose and Nice eye-contact too...Ivan.

[Satish Ranadive]

Ivan:
Wonderful flight pose captured.Love the wing position,colors,background and above all; eye of the owl.

Regards,
Satish.

[Mike Landwehr]

Hi Ivan, a beautiful owl -- the eye really jumps out at you. I like the shooting angle. The wings provide a pleasing diagonal. Nice head angle, and a very nice background.

[gail bisson]

Very nice.
Hard to believe it is so sharp at 1/640.
Nice eye level view and nice complimentary BG.
Details in the face are excellent.
Gail

[Marina Scarr]

Good panning technique to get this one sharp in flight at 1/640. Facial disc and eye show up really well in this capture. I would give it a tad more space on the right.

[Craig Kerr]

Excellent camera (panning) action, detail on the face area is stunning. Like the pastel colors too

[Lorant Voros]

Like the soft colors here and the matching BG. Beautiful owl and a nice BIF shot.

[Melissa Groo]

Wonderful capture, Ivan. I love the pose, the angle towards you, the soft light and background. Great IQ and sharpness. Even more impressive given your shutter speed.

[Ivan Ellison]

Thanks for all your comments. It was a typical dull winters day and I can assure you there were very many shots that were not sharp at such low shutter speeds, this one and 4 others came out well.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I normally prefer a better wing position (higher or lower) but I gotta say it works remarkably well like this here...shows an obvious gliding motion. Very sharp, love that eye, and good exposure. The upper part of the BG is starting to show some noise, but still not too bad, and very manageable.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the flight angle, sharpness, exposure, BG and composition. Excellent image Ivan!

[Doug Brown]

Impressive sharpness considering the amount of available light and the BG that so closely matches the coloration of the bird. Very reminiscent of my Burrowing Owl flight shot from a couple of months ago. You got a nice look at that incredible eye! I'm jealous!

[mohammad reza shahab]

hi
Great flight pose and Nice eye.I like the sharpness, exposure, BG and composition.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent flight shot with sharp details & very well exposed. Also nice BG. TFS