Owl Among The Oaks

Barred Owl in a Live Oak eyeing movement below.

Congratulations, that is a beautiful shot.

FPP wrote in post #18707068
Congratulations, that is a beautiful shot.

Thanks very much. This bird wasn't concerned about me at all. I tried to get back as far as I could to include all of the tail but I couldn't back up any more. Being fixed at 500mm can occasionally be a negative.

Great stuff Steve, I like the angle you got on him. The sharpness of the eye is excellent.

Great shot, I like it.

I'm enthralled by owls, and that's an exceptional capture, Steve.

Wallace River wrote in post #18707637
Great stuff Steve, I like the angle you got on him. The sharpness of the eye is excellent.

Thanks much Ian. It's always nice when they perch low,

dm1215al wrote in post #18708656
Great shot, I like it.

Thanks very much.

SkedAddled wrote in post #18709988
I'm enthralled by owls, and that's an exceptional capture, Steve.

Thank you Craig.

Lovely capture, nice light and detail,

Shame you couldn't back up a bit more to give it a little breathing space, if this happens to me I often take multiple shots all around the subject and stitch them together - doesn't always work but is worth trying for a few clicks.

Thanks for sharing

Kev

Great shot! I'd be thrilled with a shot like that, even if it's not quite what you were trying to get. I had the same issue with my 400, so I got the 100-400.

Nice shot, Steve. Beautiful bird and technically well executed photo.

Nighthound wrote in post #18707116
... I tried to get back as far as I could to include all of the tail but I couldn't back up any more. Being fixed at 500mm can occasionally be a negative.

Sometimes when that happens I go the opposite direction. Shoot/crop even tighter and make it obvious that it's intentional. Clipping wingtips off looks like a mistake. Clipping half the wings off looks like an in flight portrait

Beautiful shot!