Great Horned Owl in flight.

[Vince Maidens]

Canon 7d
ISO 800
1/2000th
F 5.6
300 2.8 with 2x
Manual

Caught this fellow flying over a pond, sadly not quick enough to get the reflection, nor smooth enough water to make a difference.

Thanks for the help as always.

[Lance Peters]

Hi - Nice - a little more space up front for him to fly and a little more space at the bottom for my personal tastes.
Exposure looks good.
Id selectively sharpen the Owl some more - think there is a lot more detail in there begging to come out (Including the eye) and run some NR on the background.

Just a couple of small tweaks - all just personal taste!!
Like it a lot!!

[Vince Maidens]

Thanks Lance I just got cs5 and was waiting to fiddle with this after suggestions. I'll make the changes!

[Alfred Forns]

Fully agree with Lance and main point being the extra room !!! Mighty fine capture and one not easy to get !!!

[Lance Peters]

Hi - did the easy bits for you ;) Sharpening and NR - now all you have to do is add some extra room.
:)

[Peter Farrell]

Superb capture. I agree that more room in front of the bird would be nice.
I would be thrilled if this was mine, congrats.
Peter

[Rachel Hollander]

Great capture.

[Dave Mills]

Hi, Very nice!Lance put the final touches on an already great image.The backround is nicely muted,good wing position and I like the inclusion of the lower weeds. Well done!

[Vince Maidens]

Thank you all, Lance I hope I got it where it needs to be now!

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Love the determination look and the down stork wing position of this one, good job with the focus. Feel a little too tight, more room as mentioned would be nice. I like the branches as they add environment to the image except the middle one the intersect the wing.

[Vince Maidens]

Thanks Thanaboon

I think with CS5 I can easily get rid of that without making a mess.

[Vince Maidens]

Sorry for beating a dead horse folks, I went back and made the changes I "think" Lance suggested and I liked what Thanaboon said and went back and took out that bit of grass that intersected. Thanks all.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Looking nice with repost :)