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Eurasion Eagle Owl
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Eurasion Eagle Owl

by Hal Trachtenberg

Gallery: AvianPosted July 29, 2010560 views14 comments
The Eurasion Eagle Owl seen here flying during his performance at the Birds Of Prey show at Omega Park in Montebello, Quebec.

Comments

14 comments
Comment posted by Christine Adams on July 29, 2010 at 7:02 PM
HUGE wow factor!!! Can't believe I'm the first comment. Love the eyes and wings positions! A winner for sure!
Registered on January 24, 2006, 119 Posts, 1871 Comments
Comment posted by Scott Anderson on July 29, 2010 at 8:10 PM
Those eyes are awesome.
Registered on July 1, 2009, 30 Posts, 181 Comments
Comment posted by Angela McCain on July 29, 2010 at 11:41 PM
Really nice image with the bird filling the frame. I saw this show when it was in Galveston, TX. I admired the relationship between the bird and its trainer. I never posted because it was captive, but may reconsider. Thanks for sharing this one with us.
Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments
Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on July 30, 2010 at 7:51 AM
Terrific frame, gaze and wingspread!
Jagdeep Rajput :toast:
Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Reed on July 30, 2010 at 7:51 AM
I love the smirk on the owl's face... all power, speed and death from above... :wink:
Registered on September 19, 2009, 198 Posts, 1074 Comments
Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on July 30, 2010 at 1:49 PM
A great looking bird and I love the expression on his face. Nice capture!
Registered on March 24, 2010, 73 Posts, 1268 Comments
Comment posted by mark cillo on July 30, 2010 at 1:57 PM
This is an awesome image! I would be tempted to see if I could clone some of the brightly colored objects from the BG :wavey:
Registered on July 27, 2008, 143 Posts, 1483 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 30, 2010 at 4:14 PM
Great wing position and head on shot, Hal. :toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Onno de Rover on July 30, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Shame that the background is not natural but otherwise this is absolutely stunning
Registered on December 29, 2009, 38 Posts, 63 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Dudley on July 30, 2010 at 7:48 PM
It may be a captive bird shot but this one got my attention Hal. It looks to me so much like a flying devil with that expression, the horns and those red eyes. Quite unusual.
Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments
Comment posted by Hal Trachtenberg on July 30, 2010 at 11:17 PM
Normally, I would not have even posted a photo of a captive bird. I have been to Omega Park lots of times, seen the birds of prey show numerous times and taken photos. The only reason is because I was so impressed with this bird, specially because I love Owls, and that this is a bird that I will never see in the wild since it is not a bird that is seen in North America, so I may probably never see one again. To be honest though, I found trying to get these captive birds in flight harder than wild birds because you are too close, and either the birds fly right towards you, or away from you. Using my 70-200mm, I think I might have been better off using my 50mm 1.4. That's how close I was, and when these big birds come flying in at such a close range, it's hard to get a good focus quickly enough. I tried shooting all the birds in flight that day, but this was the only one that came out. The rest were either all blurred or a lot of the bird was cut off, so the photos had to be dumped.
Registered on December 26, 2009, 31 Posts, 40 Comments
Comment posted by Mia McPherson on July 31, 2010 at 5:15 PM
The eyes and flight pose are great Hal!
Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments
Comment posted by Buck Ward on August 1, 2010 at 11:12 PM
Wow! This has a lot of in-your-face impact. The wing position is quite dramatic. The man-made background not withstanding, a super picture.
Registered on December 8, 2003, 96 Posts, 1917 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Hackley on August 2, 2010 at 11:48 AM
Excellent in flight shot, I like the look and wing spread, good job in getting this.
Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments