Long Eared Owl

[Mike Veltri]

Photographed within the last week. It seems like the owls are early this year.
I had a branch that kept swaying in the wind at the tip of his tail, and no better angle.
I had to wait for the wind to get the best view of the tip of the tail.



Canon 1D MarkIII
Canon 500mm F/4 IS
1/40s
F/4.5
ISO 200
Fill Flash -1 1/3

Thanks for looking
Mike Veltri

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely portrait! I especailly like the pose. Excellent flash work too. Maybe slightly more room top and bottom.

[Betsie Storm]

Mike Well captured. I like the owl's beautiful detail. If mine, and with some time on my hands, I might have considered a few additional pp things like losing the OOF branches and toning down the bright BG spots, maybe also toning down the perch as it catches the eye- everything I said really just to make the owl get max attention which it deserves.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Good exposure control, soft light and I like the environmental BG. Another vote for a tad more room top and bottom. Where did you make this image?

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice! The area closest to home where we get to see this species with certainty never has them out in the open like this! I too agree with more room above and below.

P.S. Although the image looks plenty sharp in this instance, I would suggest upping the ISO for more SS...just to put chance on your side to help avoid either equipment or subject motion blurs. I imagine this was tripod mounted?

[Raymond Barlow]

nice one Mike!! Great pose and setting.

[Matt Vosniak]

Great find Mike. Getting one of these fellas out in the open is a tremendous find. We have them pretty regularly around here every winter but I have never seen one as out in the open as this. Well done and thanks for sharing.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

killer pose,eye contact,details!

[David Fletcher]

Super pose and eye contact Mike. Pretty cool with the sharpness and actually getting it out of the open.

[Glenda Simmons]

Love it! No indication where you are from??? or this pcture taken? I like the blurred backgound and the great eye contact and sharpness.

[Mike Veltri]

Good exposure control, soft light and I like the environmental BG. Another vote for a tad more room top and bottom. Where did you make this image?

The image was taken in Southern Ontario

[Mike Veltri]

Nice! The area closest to home where we get to see this species with certainty never has them out in the open like this! I too agree with more room above and below.

P.S. Although the image looks plenty sharp in this instance, I would suggest upping the ISO for more SS...just to put chance on your side to help avoid either equipment or subject motion blurs. I imagine this was tripod mounted?

Thanks Daniel, I did shoot this guy at 800 and 400 ISO.
Then I used 200 for a cleaner image. And yes a tripod was used, I would need arms like hercules to keep the 500 and flash steady at 1/40s :)

[Mike Veltri]

Love it! No indication where you are from??? or this pcture taken? I like the blurred backgound and the great eye contact and sharpness.

Hi Glenda, this image was from Southern, Ontario.

[Marina Scarr]

This owl is absolutely stunning...as is your capture of him. Agree on more room on top and bottom. Wonderful use of flash here. Love the details and colors.

[Clement Francis]

Lovely picture and the fill flash has worked perfectly here