Barn Owl

[Doug Brown]

I spent a fun couple of days with Alan Murphy at his Alamo workshop in January. Here's a wild Barn Owl I photographed with Alan one afternoon. Definitely THE trip highlight for me!

Canon 1Dx, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500, ISO 1250, manual exposure, hand held

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[Randy Stout]

Doug:

Certainly would have made my trip as well. Excellent pose with full downstroke wing position, nice angle in frame, soft light and background with just enough detail to provide some depth.

I like the fine feathers projecting forward on the facial disc.

A beauty!

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Nice down wing pose, good detail and sharpness against complimenting multicolor background.

[arash_hazeghi]

What a bonus frame! wish it was mine

[keith mitchell]

This as got to be about perfect,seen a lot of Barn Owls in my time the texture and colours you have here are spot on ,certainly wish it was mine.

Keith.

[John Robinson]

About spot on Doug. Very nice indeed.
To be reelly,really, really nit picking I would say remove the OOF seed heads bottom right.
Certinly not a real issue.
Cheers
John

[Marina Scarr]

What an amazing photo. That photo would have made my entire trip. Love talons peaking out behind and the vegetation.

[David Cowling]

Perfect image of this lovely bird. I especially like the fluffed out feathers on the face.

[Kirk Benson]

Wow! Huge congrats on a killer good IF Doug. Love the wing position and the head looking forward, and all in front of a beautiful BG. Excellent work. :-)

Kirk

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent flight shot, Doug sir.
Very nice wing position. Beautiful color scheme, superb details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Doug Brown]

Appreciate the comments everyone!