Great Grey Takeoff

[Mike Tracy]

From a recent trip to Ottawa. Captured a slew of in flight shots but worked hard on environmental and various perch images. MKIII, 1/1000, f/2.8, ISO 800, 200mm, early evening

[dankearl]

Mike, this is one of best GGO's I have seen posted here and most all are very good.
The evening light puts it over the top.
Is this really at 2.8?
A lot of depth if that is the case.
Very nice.

[Andrew Merwin]

Great light, great action. The snow adds another dimension that takes the image to another level. I especially like the light on the tip of the GGO's left foot.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Hey Mike this is some glorious light with a great take off pose. I love the falling snow and environmentWish I had jumped on the chance for these guys. Hope the trip was fun.

[Nick Palmieri]

Beautiful in flight pose. Love the environment.

[Robert Holguin]

Amazing shot!!
The sweet light is what separates this from the rest.
Excellent take off pose and great comp.
Very well done.

[Evan Cain]

Awesome shot! Love the light and the perch on this one.

There is quite a bit of color noise in the dark part of the BG, maybe another pass of NR on the BG only? I don't see it on the bird so sharpness reduction won't be a problem.

[PhilCook]

Certainly is red in colour and the post looks on fire, nice afternoon light and liking the snow as well. I'm left wondering though if the color is a bit strong overall which may also contribute to the strong color noise in the background

[Loi Nguyen]

Love the sharpness, the dynamic pose, and the snowy BG. I'm wondering whether the red is a bit much from PP? How does it look compared to your recollection of the scene?

[MohsenVahedipour]

Wow. Terrific take-off pose as well as perch, I like sweet light & great mood of this capture. You handled the challenging situations very well. As Evan's stated, another round of color NR on the BG would be recommended. Thanks for sharing this great shot.

[David Salem]

Nice take off shot with Beautiful evening light. Techs look good and I like the habitat BG. Well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice take off pose and the snow adds to drama, there is quite bit of color noise in the image. I would tone down the red channel on the perch.

[Mike Tracy]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I will address the noise, went back and looked at he raw file and the perch that is reddish to start with pretty much looks as depicted here but I will tone it down a tad anyways.

[stuart wanuck]

Wow great capture