Duck! Eagle Owl (C)

One from a recent visit to Vince's place, impeccable courtesy and welcome extended as usual .Great to meet so many from here there.
Kaln was in fine form on the day .
D3 /Sigma 500mm F4.5 HH
Iso 400 ,1/2500th ,f5
CR PP CS 3 ,90% FF
All C/C's welcomed.
Thanking you in advance.

I think I was laying underneath him at the time - was the reason for the crop?

Wish I understood all the acronyms. Does anyone do a glossary of them?

Great shot on a great day.

Thanks Mike, no the crop is my usual A3 from a FF for printing .Vince think's we dont know he's stood behind us with his glove 1/2 inch above our knecks.
The abbreviations are
FF full frame
HH hand held
CR camera raw conversion for PP (post processing) in Photoshop CS 3
C/C crits and comments.

Interesting POV Mark, but is there a slight halo around the R/H part of the body as yo see it?

Steve

I have almost the same shot as this from a visit a few months ago. Pretty scary when he flies over your head.

Nice one.

Fran

Very impressive,
to make his acquaintance in this POV.

Bertl

Love the intensity of the eyes here and the position of the wings is pleasing but the background bothers me. It looks like you've done some blurring work but it is not quite uniform and natural, although I apologise if that's not the case. Also I'm not sure the it is really pin sharp on the eyes, but that might just be my laptop screen.

Regards

JohnS

hard to get a good shot of a bird flying towards you, this looks great

cheers, Dennis

Well caught action Mark

Bet you wish that hedge was a bit further back

I like this very much, looks as though he's coming straight for your camera. Brilliant!