Short eared owl

[Jonathan Ashton]

Tripod Canon 7D canon 500mm f4 l IS ISO 400 1/1600 sec f5.6
At last!! I have had to wait since last November to get a reasonable shot, all C&C welcome

[vishaljadhav]

Nice low level flight of this bird, the bird looking down .

The whites on the grass looks distracting a bit,
i like the owls flight

[Sachin Saraf]

Very nice in flight image...I will clone out the white spots in BG and a round of NR on BG will help this image IMO

[PhilCook]

Lovely wing form and nailed that eye, such wonderful wing patterns captured in this shot. I myself am not so sure on the extra wide aspect of this one so maybe cropping more off the left and maybe bottom would be my suggestion

[Richard Unsworth]

Nice job with what you had; I see it as a tighter crop from left and base, taking out thos bright patches.
Nice environment bg

[Dennis Zaebst]

Very well done flight shot, Jonathon. I agree with Phil and Richard about cropping from left and a little from the bottom. Well done.

[Daniel Cadieux]

That is one species of owl I have yet to photograph. Nice flight pose and grassy habitat. Those white spots definitely need to go though.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Congrats on finally getting this. Your wait was well rewarded. Nice flight pose and love that eye. The pano works well for me and I like the habitat depicted.
Don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I'm surprised you didn't evict those white areas.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Jon,
I'm with everyone else on the white patches....even if they are snow? Just detract too much from the owl. You know my vote would be for the tighter crop.....but I know you like them a bit more loose so digital eviction will take this up a notch for me.

[gail bisson]

I am late to the party and agree on getting rid of the snow and cropping a lot tighter if the IQ will allow,
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent low level flight shot, Jonathan. Nice shooting angle and wing position. Are those white spots snow?