Coming out of the dark

Barred Owl.

An image I wanted and took me a couple days to finally get. Cropped about 10% for composition.

a very nice front on in flight shot, not an easy task.
well done.

Peter

Only a couple of days? It would take me a life time Great capture!

Very nice shot!

A very nice head on image Mike. Did he eventually glide ?

great photo!
what a rush.

That's a great shot

great image Mike, well done!!. I feel it has a hint of purple in the image?

Certainly an awesome capture Mike!
Straight on IFs are not the easiest by their very nature, but you nailed the focus on the face admirably.
Like others I scoff at "days" to achieve this result....maybe lifetimes would be a more accuarte measure of time for me to do the same -

Gary Fairhead wrote in post #14257113
A very nice head on image Mike. Did he eventually glide ?

Long time no see Gary. I got literally hundreds of gliding shots over the years but finally found a owl and location where he has to flap his wings more then glide.

catsith wrote in post #14258111
great image Mike, well done!!. I feel it has a hint of purple in the image?

The original file was really purplish for some reason and I tried color balancing it but guess I didn't go far enough. Glad you pointed it out as I will rework it again.

CamFan01 wrote in post #14258455
Certainly an awesome capture Mike!
Straight on IFs are not the easiest by their very nature, but you nailed the focus on the face admirably.
Like others I scoff at "days" to achieve this result....maybe lifetimes would be a more accuarte measure of time for me to do the same -

Almost any image I envision I am able to capture within a couple days but its taken me years to learn behaviors and I still learn every time I go out.

Oh now that is really nice! Excellent BG on this shot. Gives it quite a unique look! Great job Mike!