Wednesday, 18th January 2012
Lift Off
by Ted Busby
A Snowy Owl Lifts Off from a farmer's field; as I approached slowly; stopping evry step or two to make a few images.
Equipment: Canon EOS 30D; 500.0mm L IS; @ 1/2500; f/4.0; ISO100; Hand Held
Ted Busby
Website: www.pBase.com/tedbusby
Lift Off by Ted Busby was photo of the day on Wednesday, 18th January 2012. It is tagged Owls. You can leave a comment below.
49 Comments
JimAtkin
That is one heck of an action shot. Just plain perfect.
Diana
AWESOME, just AWESOME!
Russ Bishop
Fantastic capture Ted – congrats!
Robert Dayton
Incredible, Ted.
Rusty
What an awesome capture
Brenda
What a Great opportunity you had and what a unique shot! That is a sellable photo!
Lighthouse
beautiful Natur Picture-Excellent-Well Done! Greetings from Germany
gregg darling
Great moment captured. Congrats Ted.
Cheryl G
Awesome picture! Love it!
saroj
Nature captured incredibly. Its awesome. Keep it up.
Wanda Krack
What a perfect picture! Beautiful.
Keith
Superb capture
Flame
AMAZING, really, it’s breathtaking. The yellow of the eyes and the plumage and the snow…. WOW!!!
Thanks for sharing this with us!!
Neil Wilkinson
This capture is truly breathtaking,wonderful shot!!!
Pauline Jones
Just beautiful; well done!
AlfonsoPaz
Wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
jane
You lucky devil! Once in a lifetime shot and you aced it.Congrats!!
Howard
Wow! I’ ve see pelicans with wingtips touching the water, but never an owl. What an amazing flexibility in this bird’s wings!
Thanks for sharing
Howard
SNOW!!
Jim Cumming
What a fantastic shot Ted….WTG!
Jon
Great Photo. I love the clarity of the owls face, coupled with the slight blur at the wing tips and the snow flying up in the air.
Mike R.
That you were hand-holding a 500 mm lens, makes it all the more impressive. Great Shot!
Ted Busby
Thank you everyone for the lovely comments; much appreciated!
Diane d'Aurora
Love it!
Mario Gustavo Fiorucci
Superb capture
Nancy L. Nyman
Just seeing this opens my heart with joy!
Gretchen Thompson
That’s the best I’ve seen!
Bill Bentley
A snowy owl in the snow. How great is that. And those yellow eyes. Beautiful capture.
Laura Milholland
Awe inspiring image! Congratulations.
Rajib Singha
A stunner!
Joyce
Unbelievably cool!!! What a great shot!!! Thanks for sharing
!!!
Donna
Wow!!!That is quite incredible.You must be very pleased.Thank you for sharing
Alex Sharp
What an amazing shot, this is just spectacular, thank you for sharing and congratulations, well done
debora
wowwwww…it’s incredible!!!
Norman
This is the perfect picture. I wish I had equipment that would allow me to get this kind of picture.
Melissa S
Wow this is a wonderful capture.
John Summers
First find your snowy owl, -and snow…. I like the two columns of snow bits from his feet when he jumped for take off. Beautiful joyful shot !
Jacqueline Deely
Spectacular!
Deborah Flowers
WOW WOW WOW!!! this is gorgeous! I absolutely LOVE this fabulous photograph! Such a wonderful job, not even considering 500mm handheld. Double impressed!
Congratulations!
Kimberly Gould
Amazing!
Paul Van Cauteren
Top !
Danette Volkmer
Stunningly beautiful!!
psalms 42
What an image. taking flight. Love those eyes, my cat had eyes like an owl.
Ginger Sanders
Yeah… That’s just amazing!
Andrew
This is quite a shot! Awesome job! Keep it up!
Taiji Guo
What a catch!
Art x
outstanding image
peter
impressive !
mmw
My favorite! Congratulations Ted and thank you for sharing!