Just a split second before the talons unglued from the perch, and wings fully extended as high as they can go....I am pretty happy with this pose. A fun morning for sure.
Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/4000s., f/8, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, cropped for composition, added a catchlight to the eye to our right, darkened pupils, owl was fed.