Barn owl

[Jonathan Ashton]

Hand held
Camera Model Name Canon EOS-1D X
Canon 500 & 1.4TC III
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/2500
Av (Aperture Value) 5.6
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 400
Rather a large crop but I have little else to post, hopefully I will get something tomorrow!

[Morkel Erasmus]

Hey Jonathan.
I like the decisive moment here with the owl about the dive headlong. I wondered if it won't benefit from more crop off the top and left, but then read it's already a large crop.
Nice light!

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Jon, love everything about it, would have easily gone to 800 for more SS.

Trust your not washed away and the South & West have remains scot free.

TFS
Steve

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks Morkel & Steve for feedback.
Steve all the fields are waterlogged, some local minor flooding in Wirral but so far all I have is a soggy lawn and a wet path leading to the bird feeder! Had sunshine this morning and blue sky...till 11.30, now it is all just a memory.

[keith mitchell]

Jon like the way you have caught this what looks like a determined dive ,did it get it's Mouse? Owl stands out well against that dark bg,very well caught.

Keith.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Jon like the way you have caught this what looks like a determined dive ,did it get it's Mouse? Owl stands out well against that dark bg,very well caught.

Keith.

Thanks Keith, the owl went hungry in this particular field, he caught one in the adjacent field, needless to say I was too far away!