Flying Great Grey Owl

[Lesley van Loo]

Made this shot last april in Sweden.
exif: ISO 800, 1/250, F6.3, -0.3 with canon 7D with 500mm F4 L IS and 1.4x converter handheld.

another shot of this bird is in the final stage of a photo competition, unfortunately the winner will be the pic with the most votes on Facebook and I could really use some votes, so take a look and if you like it I will appriciate it if you vote on it.
the price is a trip to photograph Golden eagles and if I win I asure you I will post some pics here.

hereby the link to the photo's: http://www.facebook.com/ineziatours
it is on the left side of the page if you scroll a little down, thanks.
or you can vote here: http://www.facebook.com/questions/506195982726158/

[Randy Stout]

Lesley:

Great eye contact, the transillumination of the far wing helps the rather flat wing profile, sharp, well exposed, brightness just right for an owl image.

Cheers

Randy

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Lesley,
Very nice flight capture. Good sharpness and the eye shows very well. wonderful setting too. Well done.

Allen

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Very nicely done Lesley. I would love to see this with a 16x9 crop as well.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely flight capture and agree with Randy on the lighting of the far wing. Head is nice and sharp and I am enjoying the environment behind the bird and how well it suits your subject.

[Lesley van Loo]

thank you all for the nice comments.

I agree with the wing, it's a pitty that its tail dissapears behind the other wing.

[Lesley van Loo]

by the way: I wanted to edit my original post, wanted to delete the voting sentences, but can not edit the picture???