Barn Owl in flight

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

A captive owl at a falconry center in Malta. I was practicing BIFs and here is one from the series. Lens 70-200 f/4 IS & EOS 7D

MaltaRaptors_0044 by docsanjeev, on Flickr

Camera	Canon EOS 7D
Exposure	0.001 sec (1/2000)
Aperture	f/4.0
Focal Length	97 mm
ISO Speed	200
Exposure Bias	0 EV

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Sanjeev,
Not bad, what a beauty love this species. The opportunity is controlling the whites with this kind of shot. Have you ever heard of the zone system, the reason I ask is it reminds me to set my shutter for different lighting and different brightness in the frame. In this case the white subject bathed in light is the key zone,..moreover set the exposure here and everything thing else will fall into place.

In this image the whites are a bit hot need more shutter and the histogram is the real test here. Nice job working BIF the key is to have the light behind you, correct exposure, the wind in the right direction and hit the shutter and hope for a keeper - nice work - keep em coming.

Looks like you are using AV mode, probably should have dialed in some EV compensation - the histogram is the key here!!

[John Chardine]

I like the image except for the jessies. Great wing angle and head angle. The right hand side is abit tight to the wing tip.