Short eared owl

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 L IS &1.4 TC ISO 640 1/400 sec f7.1

All comments welcome

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image.Very nice pose with nice wing position.lovely HA.Great composition.I would go for slight crop at the bottom.

Regards,
Satish.

[dankearl]

I might take a bit off the right, although I like the sense of space.
Much nicer for me than your first one, a nice atmosphere.

[John Cooper]

Nicely captured Jon with good HA. I feel a little cropping would tighten the composition up for me but still retain sufficient space on the right for the owl to move into.

[Lorant Voros]

Nice image with the owl in the environment. I can see why you kept the lower part in the composition, I'd still crop it tighter and maybe a vertical crop would be interesting too. Nice one, Jon.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

I like the space and HA is special. It would also work nicely with a tighter crop. Cool shot.

[David Salem]

Nice shot. Like it much better than the last post too. The IQ looks good enough to handle a little tighter crop and would accentuate the features and the great eye contact. Good Job...

[Ivan Ellison]

Nice image Jon, as said it is better than your previous post. gives a lovely feel of the habitat they hunt over, great stare from the bird as well.

[Melvin Grey]

Nicely composed, Jonathan. Good contact with the bird and great detail and sense of habitat.

[Karl Egressy]

Great wing position and head turn, excellent shot, Jonathan.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely pose and backlighting. Really like your environment. Crop actually works alright for me. If it were mine, I would wish the owl were a tad lower in the frame but alas...such is nature.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Johnathan...lots of things to like here...the habitat, subject isolation, dorsal view, back light, head turn. I like the comp. as-is. Bird is a bit soft but considering the SS, I'd say it is quite sharp. Well done.