Short-eared Owl

[Rich Steel]

Hi

Another Short-eared owl shot. This was a very close fly-by with the bird filling the frame. They are great birds just to watch hunting and always fun to photograph. Taken with 1Dmk2N and 500mm lens at ISO 400 and F5.6.



Cheers

Rich

[Steve Ashton]

Holly moses this is good. Love the sharpness and the slight movement in the wings. The BG tells a story of habitat. If only the head was a little more to camera.
Stunning shot well done!

[KK Hui]

This is excellent, Rich!
Love the top wing detail. Great dof for f/5.6 ...

[Jim Poor]

Yep, I'd be real happy with this one. The top view, BG colors and expression are all great.

[Juan Aragonés]

Excelent top view with a very nice BG

[Daniel Cadieux]

Only a bit more room in front would improve this...very nice! Just love that intense stare.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Hmmm...dream shot. Sharpness outstanding, background equally good

[Glenn Bartley]

Wonderful image. Maybe just a bit centered.

[Phil Seu]

i really like it. curious what shutter speed was?

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Awesome Rich. Just love this and sure wish it were mine. The flight pose is superb as well as the wonderful intense eye conact. A real winner !! Thanks for sharing.

[Stu Bowie]

Simply brilliant. The owl is seperated from the BG perfectly. This is so sharp, and just love the detail shown on the wings. Great image Rich.

[Joshua Lubitz]

I echo what was said above - fantastic work! I am a real sucker for Owls in flight!

[Petros Petrou]

Awesome image! I like the colors and the nicely blured BG.

[Linda Robbins]

Beautiful flight image and the blurred bg is lovely. Well captured! Only improvement would be a little more room in front for the owl to fly into.

[Raymond Barlow]

excellent shot... I have been out with these guys 3 times in the last week., still wishing for a shot like this., my local birds are very skittish.

[Rich Steel]

Many thanks for all you replies and comments which are much appreciated. Unfotunately the site where I photographed these birds was widely discussed on several forums this winter which resulted in and the hordes of photographers that decended made it much more difficult.

Cheers

Rich