Barred Owl

[Doug Brown]

I just got back from a great week in Florida with my wife and David Salem. We started our trip with Jim Neiger, photographing from his pontoon boat on Lake Blue Cypress. The remainder of the week was spent with Marina Scarr, Amy Marques, Cheryl Arena, Troy Lim, and David Pugsley. Lake Blue Cypress is absolutely incredible for Osprey, Pileated Woodpeckers, and Barred Owls, and no one knows the lake better than Jim. Here's a frame from our first afternoon of photography.

Canon 1Dx, 500mm II, f/5.6, 1/2000, ISO 800, manual exposure, hand held

[Barry Ekstrand]

This is a real eye-catcher, a great shot. Head and wing position are great, your angle to the flight path makes a really good perspective. I also really like the background, the way the top and bottom are defined by the different but compatible colors. Congratulations on a winner.

Barry

[Raybel Robles]

Amazing image with superb head on focus. The background colors are a beauty! Top shot! Congrats!

[Joe Subolefsky]

Wow very nice. Was the DOF like that or did you apply a little blur to wing edge inline with the face?

[Doug Brown]

Wow very nice. Was the DOF like that or did you apply a little blur to wing edge inline with the face?

Thanks Joe. No BG blurring was applied.

[Joe Subolefsky]

Nice thats spot on!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Excellent, terrific detail in the facial disc, oh man I NEED a 1DX!! Having siad that the most important bit is the person behind the camera and you certainly nailed it well done, love it.

[Fred Johns]

Beautiful image - you really nailed this. Stunning.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, love the sharp detail on the face - it really pops out from the owl's body, so Im fine with the shallow DOF. Good wing position, and I do like the colours of the BG. Well captured.

[keith mitchell]

Doug you really hit this on the head if you pardon the expression, just great!

[Karl Egressy]

Striking incoming flight, Doug. The detailes are just amazing.

[stuart wanuck]

knocked it out of the park nice capture!

[Aidan Briggs]

Nice one Doug, great light and sharp details, the owl really pops

Looking forward to more!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great light, BG, and incoming pose! It may not be white and in snowy habitat but that is a fine, fine owl right there...plus I'm sure your fingers were not numb from the cold

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Doug the light in this image is supreme!
Also, the clarity on the bird's eyes is quite impressive. Love everything about this one. It looks like you had a blast on your last trip!

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Awesome flight angle and pose. Love the bg too. Looking forward to more from what sounds like a very productive trip.
Were you just super lucky to have this owl flying at this angle or was it attracted in any way?

[dankearl]

I love that face and the beautiful BG to go with it…..

[Doug Brown]

Awesome flight angle and pose. Love the bg too. Looking forward to more from what sounds like a very productive trip.
Were you just super lucky to have this owl flying at this angle or was it attracted in any way?

It was attracted with a call Sidharth. Lots of good images to share!

[Troy Lim]

Great image. It was fun shooting with you once again.

[arash_hazeghi]

cool pose and BG, tack sharp. I may just desat the BG just a bit

glad to hear you had fun

[Marina Scarr]

Killer image, Doug. My favorite part of this image besides the obvious sharpness and flight pose is that it showcases the various types of feathers used for flight so well.

[Joe Murphy]

Superb head-on shot Doug, lovely detail & BG.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent in coming flight shot in beautiful lights with nice BG. Great details on the facial disc, nice wing position.

Regards,
Satish.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Oh boy! This looks like one REAL GOOD reason to dust off that printer!

[David Salem]

What a fun time we had and the owls were one the highlights of the trip for me. Love the detail in the face and the wing position showing the primaries well. I will post one of mine soon.
See ya soon

[Doug Brown]

Appreciate the comments everyone!