Northern Hawk Owl

Discussion

8 replies

Posted by Christian Axelsen on October 9, 2009 at 12:11 PM

shot in southern sweden this spring.
when looking at Andy's Dunlin (one small step)
this shot came to mind and i thought i'd share it

eos 50D, 500 f/4, Tripod, MLU

Posted by Andy Shepherd on October 9, 2009 at 12:39 PM

Nice shot Christian, I can see the link, did the owl make the catch ?

Re the image, if you have more room around the owl maybe try a different crop, maybe have the owl smaller in the frame and crop to portrait or go for a full landscape format.

Andy...

Posted by Maggie Campbell on October 9, 2009 at 1:39 PM

Agree with Andy re the crop but a lovely shot and a beautiful eye. Would like to have that in my album

Posted by Christian Axelsen on October 9, 2009 at 2:09 PM

You are both quite right, only problem is that it's fullframe so no room
really for different crops.. it's a luxury problem when the lens you go
birding with is too long

but thats what happend that day.

Thank you for commenting.

/Chris

Posted by Ian Macdermott on October 9, 2009 at 5:31 PM

Lovely shot Christian

I too agree with that it needs more room but you have to take what turns up

Posted by Robert Lawrence on October 10, 2009 at 4:45 AM

It's a stunning looking bird for sure and well caught. Nits already mentioned and nothing you could do about that.
Robert.

Posted by Lewis Thomson on October 10, 2009 at 7:56 PM

Hi Christian,

Nits already mentioned, but what a species to get up close too! There would be no complaints from me if I had this shot

Cheers,

Lewis.

Posted by Christian Axelsen on October 11, 2009 at 8:07 AM

Thanks all for your time and comments

/Chris

Posted by David Taylor on October 11, 2009 at 11:40 AM

No nits for me, I like 'em BIF.

A really excellent shot.