Another landing owl frame

[arash_hazeghi]

here is another image from Ottawa with Dan, this one shows the small but very sharp talons



1DX 300mm f/4 1/2000sec ISO 1000. owl was attracted by bait.

I finished writing up a short entry on my blog, you can read the story and view more images

check it out here

[Satish Ranadive]

Extremely beautiful image of owl with wonderful composition.
Love the pose with stretched wings,fanned tail feathers,tilted legs and stare towards the perch ,sharp claws,beautiful colors and great details.
Inclusion of grass in the FG looks beautiful and has taken the image to the top of it's own class.

Regards,
Satish.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent incoming pose and sharp details.

[David Salem]

Nice reaching out pose on this one. Love seeing the talons and the underside of the foot. Nice details throughout. Well done Arash.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent landing pose captured.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Very nice! I think the BG is OOF enough for me to give it a sense of place.....without being distracting. An excellent job as usual!

[Grace Scalzo]

Beautiful image, and thanks for the direct to your blog. Well done!

[dankearl]

The foreground habitat makes this for me.
Your blog write up is very good.

[Bill Dix]

Yet another beauty. This guy will certainly go down in posterity. Love the landing pose and habitat.

[Loi Nguyen]

Arash, a stunning landing pose. Love the outstretched legs, something one doesn't get to see often with owls, wide wing spread and tail, beautiful perch and habitat. Well done.

[Marina Scarr]

Love the environmental feel to this one, Arash. Sharp as a tack and killer pose.

[Tom Rambaut]

Your post processing is exceptional. The detail that you tease out I find hard to replicate! I love the cool, cold light and soft pastel colors of all the images including the one above. Nicely timed above.

[Robert Holguin]

This shot is just stunning!!!
The angle of the owl and the landing pose are just superb.
Excellent details and love the snow covered cattails.
Very well done.

[mohammad reza shahab]

Excellent landing pose.Beautiful perch,colors,details and wonderful composition.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

JEALOUS of all the great captures you guys brought home of these beauties. Amazing detail and I love how this image shows the shape of the body with the legs and modest talons

[arash_hazeghi]

thanks everyone!

[Ashleigh Scully]

Hi Arash - this is really beautiful. I took a photo of a Barred Owl once this past winter on a really cold day. I like that photo because the photo looks just as cold as that day was. The colors and tone help to show the cold. This photo is like that, too. It helps you understand the environment this owl lives in, and how hard it must be in the winter, and why they have those long legs. Sometimes photos don't always tell you about the climate, but this one does.

I also really like how the cattails point up to your subject. I love all of your Great Gray Owl pictures!