Black-banded Owl

[Bill Holsten]

Photographed at San Ysidro Lodge, Ecuador 28 Jan 2012.

Canon 1D Mark IV, 300mm f/2.8 + 2X, f8, 1/60", ISO 800, tripod, flash

Additional illumination from flashlight. Eye surgery required to remove red eye.

C & C welcome and encouraged,
Bill

[gail bisson]

Hi Bill,
Lovely species and nice composition and fairly clean BG. Is this cropped?
Gail

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very good image Bill. I like the ''eye surgery'' a lot. It is almost impossible to get red eyes with owls. Like the perch, pose and the fact that some BG is still visible.

[arash_hazeghi]

what a cool specie, love those eyes and detail. head is a bit lost in the dark BG.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Brilliant one . Love that eye surgery !!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

great job in red-eye removal. beautiful owl indeed. I liked the subject placement. Well done.