Spotted Eagle Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted November 11, 2012270 views12 comments

This is my first image of an Owl in flight. I had to wait 2 1/2 hours for it to take off. The small twigs are unfortunate but show the type of habitat.

Model: NIKON D4
Lens (mm): 600
ISO: 560
Aperture: 8
Shutter: 1/4000
Exp. Comp.: -0.7

Thank you for looking and comments.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on November 11, 2012 at 3:25 PM

WOW! What a great capture. Love the wing position, the action, and surrounding environment. Not the tinest of nits from me.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 11, 2012 at 4:33 PM

A really nice pose of this ragged looking owl - I don't mind the twigs, but the larger image looks very soft (especially compared to the smaller image). Was this a large crop or did something go wrong in post-processing?

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Comment posted by Catherine Gagne on November 11, 2012 at 4:34 PM

I think the twigs add to it. The eye just pops right at you. Great job

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on November 11, 2012 at 5:44 PM

Outstanding Neal, Well Done . . .

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Comment posted by Mark Schiebelbein on November 11, 2012 at 8:48 PM

Nice capture. The twigs don't bother me at all. I agree the large image suffers in the sharpness dept. A bit more eye contact would be nice but that was beyond your control, it sure wasn't lack of patience on waiting for the shot. Well done.

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Comment posted by Neal Cooper on November 11, 2012 at 11:22 PM

Thank you very much for your comments, I will look at the larger version as it definately not soft on the original.

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Comment posted by Neal Cooper on November 11, 2012 at 11:40 PM

I cant seem to delete the lager version to replace it with a reprocessed image.

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on November 12, 2012 at 3:05 PM

Really nice image and well worth the wait. Larger image is soft.

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Comment posted by Dan Roberts on November 12, 2012 at 4:49 PM

Great position on the bird, good lighting/colors and the twigs add context IMO. Agree with others that the larger version looks a bit soft.

Registered on March 9, 2011, 69 Posts, 501 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on November 12, 2012 at 7:21 PM

Neal, great flight pose. I assume all the black specks are small, flying insects. I agree with the softness issue of the larger version.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on November 13, 2012 at 4:18 AM

Wow, waiting 2,5 hours and then not missing.. Good job ! You know what they say about 'vigilant jobs': reaction speed decreases rather steeply - so all my compliments and congrats to you ! The Owl looks a little sleepy

, and feathers rather ruffed - was it in an okay shape you think? Anyway, I like the shot a lot ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by May Haga on November 16, 2012 at 6:51 PM

The wait was worth it. Great flight shot.
May

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