Hawk Owl High Key

[Dan Wolin]

Not sure if this is everyone's cup of tea but the sky was not cooperative. We watched this guy go back and forth for a while between his perches and some hunting runs (which I missed). This was an approach to a phone pole which I cropped out of the shot. There may be too much empty space but I felt if I cropped more it would not hold up too well in the noise department. This was shot with a borrowed 7D which I must say I was impressed with (usually shoot a MKIII). Unfortunately, this particular bird was found dead by a friend the next weekend, apparently electrocuted and still hanging on the wire. Sad.

7D, 500 f4, iso640,f4 (a little low for my birding usually...)

[Markus Jais]

Great action and wing pose. I also like the spread tail.

It looks a little soft on my monitor.

Sad to read the bird died. Electrocution is unfortunately still killing many birds (mostly raptors, owls and storks) around the world.

Markus

[Adams Serra]

Hi Dan,
I like the high key look here. It does look a little soft on my monitor as well.

[arash_hazeghi]

Like the high key exposure, wing position and eye contact but IQ has suffered and feathers lack definition. TFS

sorry to hear she is not with us anymore :(

[Bill McCrystyn]

May he rest in peace, but we enjoy seeing him free. I would put it on my wall and in gallery. Nice work to save it and the Owl for posterity. Too bad you didn't have a Nikon for it. :D Just kidding - Just kidding.

[NoahGaines]

Nice job capturing the action. However, without the perch I feel like I am left hanging.

[Dan Wolin]

Funny Bill:D I thought about putting in a branch from another shot but could not make it work and the telephone pole had a wire in a bad place so it would not have looked good. Thanks for all of the comments.

[Floris van Breugel]

Wow, she sure has a surprised look on her face, priceless!

High key works for me, the grain/IQ is a bit of a downer.