Barn Owl

[Doug Brown]

Had some fun shooting with Alan Murphy last year in South Texas. We had a chance encounter with a Barn Owl. This bird was moving fast, and I only got one brief opportunity to photograph it before it was gone. Fortunately I was able to lock focus and get a nice wings-up and wings-down frame in that single flight pass.

Canon 1DX2, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500, ISO 1250, manual exposure, hand held

[John Mack]

Nice bird love the wing position and the detail on the bird good background as well.

[Bill Dix]

What a great capture, Doug. Perfect up-wing position, nice light, good detail and well-coordinated background. Thanks for sharing it.

[Isaac Grant]

Just killer Doug. Seeing a Barn Owl flying low the the ground and out in the day is special. Capturing a sharp shot against a perfect background with extended wings is just silly!!! So nice. Congrats. It must have been pure elation after having this bird fly by, locking on it and then checking the back of the camera and seeing this.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, great flight pose with the raised wings, and captured in nice light too. I like the detail and colours of the Owl, sharp, and pops nicely against that killer BG. Well captured.

[Mike Poole]

Beautiful capture Doug, they really are a wonderful looking owl. I don't know if its the light, or the specific colouring of this bird, but it appears to lack some of the tonal range of 'ours'.

Either way it is a fantastic shot, one I, amongst many others no doubt, would love to have in my files

Mike

[gail bisson]

WOW! IQ just rocks with a great complimentary BG and wing position.
You must have been a happy camper when you saw this on the LCD!
Gail
Oops, just read Isaac's post - great minds think alike !

[Daniel Cadieux]

A pretty tough one to top! The background looks great behind this subject. Great stuff!

[Adhika Lie]

Basically what everyone has said. I think the light quality here is extremely beautiful. This one is pretty much a perfection on my book.

[Tim Foltz]

Doug, sweet shot, perfect light, great BG and details, what more could you ask for.
Nice seeing you again today, I hope you got some keepers.

-Tim

[Matt Sutherland]

Wow! You hit all the marks with this one. Well done!

[arash_hazeghi]

perfect, only wish this frame was mine

[David Salem]

You sure got some great frames from this pass Doug. As good of a Barn owl IF as you could ask for!!
Nice seeing you last night and nice meeting your son too.
Talk to you soon

[Doug Brown]

Appreciate the comments everyone!

[Alex Becker]

Late on this one and I can only echo everyone's thoughts -- especially Isaac's and Gail's about seeing this on the LCD -- but this is really something to aspire to for me. TFS and congrats

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Perfect flight pose with the wings and the approach angle. I like the soft light.

Thanks for sharing