On a mission.

[keith mitchell]

Little Owl.
Nikon D4
Nikon 300ml 2.8
1/1250
iso1250.

Thanks for taking a look and your comments and tips on my last post much appreciated.

[David Salem]

Great marching pose on this little guy and I like the well lit eye. The BG really makes the owl pop well. I wish for a less linear perch, but what can ya do! Well done Keith

[Karl Egressy]

This is so cool image, Keith. I love the marching pose details and background.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Love the pose and the intent look Keith. I'm enjoying those claws. Nice clean bg. Well composed to show the walking ramp, and yet minimize the "man made" nature of it.

[Grace Scalzo]

Very cute, love the concentration. Has a nice, almost child-like feel to it.

[Loi Nguyen]

Excellent details and sharpness, cool pose against a nice BG. Yes, agreed that the perch is less than ideal. Loi

[keith mitchell]

Thanks guys ,sorry about the perch but it was the only piece of wood that I could get them to run down.

Keith.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Keith, I like the incline and nice to see you have captured that 'classic' marching pose, always fun.

For me I would have liked more DoF, cranking that ISO (old cracked record I know) but use the D4 and all that it offers. These guys do move fast as those above know only too well, so next time more of everything. BKG offers a nice natural look, works well to separate the subject, I assume it's just a field?

Want to see more this year from you.

TFS
Steve

PS If you haven't seen it, Artie has mentioned you in his Blog, thread posted in Wildlife, well done, big congrats.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Great shot lovely behavioural capture, I personally wouldn't worry about the beam, it is quite typical for the bird to be on a piece of wood such as this, there is a very similar situation near me but I just can't get close enough to the bird, it is near a well used public footpath and I would inevitably attract attention.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. Superb marching pose with nice stare. Very nicely composed.
I am not sure but silver line crop on the top will not hut the beauty of the image.

Regards,
Satish.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Fantastic walking pose showing off those talons! Nice details and sweet BG. Well done.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Keith, love the concentrated look of the walking pose, and what a great view of the right foot and talons. Nice clean BG.

[keith mitchell]

Thanks guys much appreciated.

[Tiago Caravana]

I love the personality transmitted by it's expression, the look down and the right foot and tallons in the air. It look like he's bored and going somewhere he doesn't want to :)

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Keith - Nice marching pose and look of concentration. It pops nicely against the green bg. Nice sharpness and detail too.

TFS,
Rachel

[keith mitchell]

Thanks Rachel and Tiago much appreciated.

Keith.

[Binu John]

Fantastic shot, Keith! Love that walking pose and the sweet background. Well done!