Short Eared Owl

[ramesh anantharaman]

Equipment used

Canon EOS 40D

Canon 500mm f/4 L IS + 1.4 x T.C.

Exif:

700mm, iso - 200, 1/1000sec, f/8

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Superb detail and eye contact and a very nice BG. I only wish to see a little more canvas at the bottm for the virtual feet. Your exposure was spot on. Many thanks for sharing this beauty.

[Phil Seu]

beautiful image of a great bird. just a little tight all around

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the look up pose ramesh Bhai, nice details and BG too.. yeah a bit more canvas would add to this beauty...

[Mital Patel]

what an image ramesh bhai.

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent detail, pose and BG. As other have mentioned it's too tight in the frame as presented.

[ramesh anantharaman]

well every one this is the frame i got and i just didnt feel like increasing the canvas. this fellow was really close

[Steve Large]

Ramesh,
Great details and I don't mind it being a bit tight as that tends to be my style as well most of the time. What is he looking at?

[ramesh anantharaman]

hello steve,

he was just looking up and gasping in the mid afternoon sun as he was trying to cool off. all the ten owls in the group we spotted were behaving similarly. they allowed us to take our vehicles up to 5 feet from them.

[Vinay Lakshman]

Wonderful !! agree with everyone about the space below .

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Love the story this picture tells !! Spot on exposure here !!

[Hendri Venter]

Awesome detail and perfectly exposed. Love the pose and eye. Great image Ramesh.

[Myer Bornstein]

I agree it is a superb image "virtual feet" is needed. I do lose feet when shooting by not paying attention to the viewfinder

[Doug Brown]

Great pose and sharpness. I agree that a looser crop would be nicer, but as you point out this image is FF. I might back off on contrast just a little.