Landing Short-eared owl

[arash_hazeghi]

Another SEO image from BC, this one is a skillful landing




5D4 400DO II + 2X III. ISO 2000. f/8 at 1/800sec hand held. Processed with DPP 4.5

[Joe Subolefsky]

**** that's beautiful! Those colors just all work so good. Is that close to full frame as well?

[John Whaley]

Awesome shot. Everything working together here. Lovely composition and bg.

[Isaac Grant]

So this is what sub par auto focus with the 2x attached looks like on the 5d4? Man you killed it with these owls. Perfect in every way as usual with your shots. Truly something to aspire to.

[Bill Dix]

Stunning. Lovely light; tack sharp focus on the face.

[Mike Poole]

Beautiful landing pose - are those techs correct? 1/800th is unusually slow for you. On my screen the face appears a little over sharpened, compared to the rest of the bird.

The colour palette is just about perfect

Mike

[arash_hazeghi]

Thank you all, Joe it is about 70% of the frame. Mike, the sharpness looks good to my eye, the talons are a bit softer because of motion blur. I was setup for perched shots when this guy suddenly showed up and didn't have time to change my settings.

[Frank Schauf]

Fantastic. Wonderful pose, colors and background.

[Ryan von Linden]

Stunning image. I always get a laugh when people rail against the 2x teleconverter and call it junk, oddly they never have much to say once I point them to some of your photos.

[arash_hazeghi]

Stunning image. I always get a laugh when people rail against the 2x teleconverter and call it junk, oddly they never have much to say once I point them to some of your photos.

Hi Ryan, the canon 2X III and series II super telephoto lenses deliver excellent sharpness. folks who say otherwise either don't have the equipment or don't know how to use it :)

[Glenn Conlan]

Another killer SEO frame, love it with a great eye color and excellent wing position

[David Salem]

Thought I commented on this one long ago but I just saw it agin. Very jealous!! You got a years worth of killer SEO shots in a flipping week!! Wouldn't expect anything less though