Short-eared owl

[arash_hazeghi]

Here is another frame from BC last winter. The short-eared owl can fly very close to the ground and blend well with the environment



1DX II 400 DO II + 1.4X III. ISO 2000. f/5.6 1/2500sec. hand held. processed with DPP 4.6

[Tim Foltz]

Arash, I wish it were mine, super shot of something I've never seen.
great environment, action and colors.

-Tim

[Jonathan Ashton]

Colours look spot on, a great pose and I like the single catchlight in the eyes.

[David Seymour]

Hi Arash, I seem to remember making a comment on this forum that I tended to prefer a good in-flight shot of an owl doing its main thing, to the 'perched and staring at the camera' shot. Well, here you have that wonderful stare as well as a top behavioral and environmental shot. Fantastic dynamic tension to this, I love it! You keep giving us all things to aspire to man, keep them coming!

Cheers, David

[John Mack]

Very nice those eyes really pop off the background.

[Michael Thompson]

Wow, great eye contact and wingspan shot, that f5.6 and extender really make it stand out from the background. nice job!

[Alex Becker]

Killer frame Arash. You really cleaned up with these SEO. So clean and such great detail and eye contact. Really hope to get something half as good as this if I ever go up to BC.

[John Whaley]

Not much more to add than what has already been praised. Awesome shot.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey Arash, how cool!! I love that head-on flight path and intense stare. I have to admit the single brighter grass blade below the owl kinda catches my eye, but it is way easily overshadowed by the subject.

[gail bisson]

Beautiful frame and I am pretty sure I know where this was! You had great light!
Nice and sharp.
Gail

[William Dickson]

Fabulous light. I really love the flight pose and the stare. BG colours show the bird real well. Great work.

Will

[Bob Smith]

About as close to perfection as you can get with a shot like this Arash---symmetrical wing angle at full (about) downstroke, eyes parallel to the plane of image, dead-on focus and exposure, and a lovely smooth BG.The wings remind me of oars.

[Juan Tolentino]

Absolutely astounding! I hope to see one of these in person one day. Great image. Thank you for sharing Arash.

[Arthur Morris]

The sharpness, wing position, and those eyes slay me. I could do without a few of the stray grasses ... WIWM too. with love, artie

[Loi Nguyen]

way too cool, Arash. Love those big pupils in flight and perfect head on. Agreed with Artie about the stray grass, but it is very very minor. Loi

[arash_hazeghi]

Thank you all

[Mike Poole]

Stunning shot Arash, hard to get better than a head on owl flight - nice wing position here too - a full up or downstroke would have upset the balance for me.

Mike