Flight

Sonia, This is very nice! I can't recall ever seeing a photo of an owl in flight here at pnet. On a technical level, it my nor be as polished as some of those by the master bird photographers but it's certainly a shot to be proud of!

Thank-you very much, Dave. I have seen some fabulous photos of owls here on p.net. I know that mine is far from perfect but I am proud of it and I hope to have oppertunity to improve the shot. Thank-you very much for your comment.

I know this is not perfect but I'm looking to improve. Please let me

know what you think. Thank you.

I don't recall an owl-in-flight image either - impressive, great timing.

Well done...very expressive and it captures the intensity of the raptor's eyes.

The eyes are sharp, the moment is great, the wings are slightly blurred providing action to the shot, the background looks like a wild environment and the winner for me: The sky is perfectly exposed too ...

I think is an ace.

You say this is not perfect...I think this is a very good photograph. You have captured a bird in flight. The eyes are clear and express a sense of purpose. There is a smoothness in the photo...a certain amount of grace.

Thank you Dale, Curtis, Alvaro and Samrat. I am very encouraged by all your kind comments. I will have to learn to not be so hard on my photos but still work on improving. Thanks again.

Excellent timing!Very nice shot,Sonia!

Thanks for your nice comments!Much appreciated.

Cheers,Jim

Although, its not that sharp, you got the whole bird and its a good angle. I'm still working on these 'owl in flight shots.' First you have to find them, then u have to shoot them and thats if there is light.

Hi Sonia, this is pretty darn good, what camera and lens did you use?

Thank you Jim, Monte, and Jim. I didn't realize I hadn't specified. It was my Rebel XTI with 17 - 85 lens. I'm glad you like it. thanks for viewing.

Nice capture! A little blurry, but the face is fairly sharp, which is the important thing. Good color and lighting.

I'm with Alvaro here, the blur on the wingtips only adds movement to the shot. The one thing I don't like about this image is the branch behind the bird but then it's not easy to avoid those in bird photography, I'd be surprised if the model was willing to reshoot.

 

Andre

Great action shot (Birds are the most difficult subjects to take..they never stay still:))) of a wonderful bird...Good luck Sonia!