Low Flying
Taken with a Canon 40D and 17-40mm lens – not your typical birding lens but then he happened to flow right over my head. This was taken in the Drakensburg, South Africa. Cape Eagle Owl mid flight…
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Caroline Gorka
What an awesome capture !!!
Jason Connolly
Superb shot
Nixter
Excellent shot..wow!
Deon de Waal
What a brilliant shot. Love it. Great work.
paul boast
escellent capture , i think this is a european eagle owl yes, i have some great footage of these in a wildlife programme as they say they are gowing in numbers in the uk , where did you capture this one ?
Jerry Stewart
This is ONE of the most fantastic shots I have had honor of seeing, I enjoy and will put it in my favorites. I really love it. Thanks for presenting to me viewing.
tjmimagery
Now this is amazing, the detail is fantastic, very well done.
Jean M. Laffitau
Fantastic capture!
Rosina Lamberti
Stunning capture, love it! so focused
Charl045
I have yet to actually see an owl in the wild let alone capture such an amazing shot!! Wonderful!!
tserio
What a great shot!! Very unusual to get this creature in the day and flying!! LOVE IT!
Martie Venter
An amazing action shot, superb work!
Charl045
I just realized this looks like a scene from a Harry Potter movie..LOL
BlaizerB replied
just needs an envelope in his beak :) you are right it does indeed.
BlaizerB
many thanks!!!. a quick update for anyone interested – this is a cape eagle owl and this photo was taken in the drakensberg, south africa. sadly the cape eagle owl is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. they stand 48-58cm tall and weigh 900-1800g. absolutely beautiful birds.
to give you an idea of how close he was this shot was taken with a 17-40mm lens handheld. cheers
Charlene Aycoc...
This is a great capture
Charlene Aycoc...
This might also look great in BW with just his red eyes in color.
Anni Morris
Love owls and this is a very unique shot.
Wendy Slee
I love owls! this is one of the most superb images I have ever seen of an owl!
(Sure beats the ones of them snoozing on a branch!)
Linda Syms
Fantastic capture
tonilouise
Yep I’m with Wendy..Just love this….Look at those eyes..Amazing capture..
DiannaLee
WOW! I love this pic, your very clever! His eyes are so intense, brillantly captured
PPPhotoArt
oh WOW this is outstanding, what a magnificant owl!!!!!! P
Ellen
How beautiful!!
4getsundaydrvs
wow great capture!!
cherylc1
Just magnificant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cherokee
Thanks for dropping by me,I may of missed this,fantastic shot,I love it.
ECGardner
Amazing action capture! Wow!
ccproductions
very neat!
nanarhodes
Wow ..can you believe this what an awesome capture ….great job
BeckyJean
Awesome capture :)
Andy Harris
super action capture… excellent work!
shanghaiwu
awesome
magnificent
not sure which is the right word/but brilliant work
pat oubridge
This is so awesome Blaizer
MuscularTeeth
oh WOW.
this deserves from page by itself. all by itself with nothign else.
my GOD its amazing.
aphoto4you
talk about one i have here in Az where i am at resort….and i yet to get him with my 600 mm lens…
i will try ..she has a nest…what a awsome shot…love it..
cdwork
Superb image
margaretfraser
great shot love this
lurline
A really amazing capture! :)
Cheri McEachin
WOW, super capture and amazing when you said the lens you used…well done
Laura Lea Comeau
This bird has a look of determination on his face…....! nice!
Michele Duncan...
Absoulute perfection. Stunning detail and angle!
Jodie Carruthers
Wow, excellent timing, focus, detail, composition – excellent capture!!!!
LisaR
Fantastic shot!!
hilarydougill
Wondrous capture, wondrous Owl. fantastic action shot!!!!
Michael Oubridge
Totally stunning capture
kcranmer
WooooW what a shot, perfect timing!
Jan Landers
wow!!! i cannot imagine seeing this so close…..brilliant shot!
sticky
Daytime owl shot, cool.
coffeetea
awesome capture!! Blaizer, very rarely seen view. well done!
janeymac
Fantastic !
ApeArt
oh my goodness, how on earth did you get this??
Michelle Boyer
Awesome capture
Karsten Stier
very nice shot!
Mary Campbell
Nice capture, I’ve tried to get an owl but they are so skiddish and quick. The Sharpness and precision of your shot is excellent.
eXposure
superb capture …
wow such a powerful mysterious bird
Phil Threlfall
Superb
Tom Vaughan
whoa! bird with an attitude. Fantastic capture!
Lisa Roberts
Beautiful x
jesika
Truly amazing and wonderful
j
berndt2
Unbelievable shot!!
mhkantor
phenomenol action shot, not to mention ultimate nature portrait of bird in flight. the clarity is amazing. this is a shot that is definitely in a class all its own.
Maria Murphy
YOU SHOULD GET A PRIZE FOR THIS awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
coffeebean
Absolutely fantastic, perfect shot, wow I’m totally impressed!!
joak
just amazing looks like it was gonny land on you
Anthony Hedger
fantastic shot
JohnScott
tx for the warning.
~ Ademac
Amazing capture…........well done
linaji
OMG you are so lucky Owls are magic they are!
Gregoryno6
Excellent shot. I have to ask, are the eyes that colour naturally? They’re almost blood red on my screen.
DarrellMoseley
SWEET!
Glenn-Patrick ...
How incredibly cool is this?WOWOWOW
Anthony Comella
Terrific viewing!!! Cheers to you!!!
raoultiger
You must be fast to get the shot framed and fired before he flew off. Wonderful capture.
brian pendrey
stunning image
theyellowfury
I got to feed a few of them there about two years ago. They’re huge.
Kaimaha
Wow . . . . what an awesome shot. Recently I was way East of Perth, Western Australia in the middle of the desert, somewhere . . . . attempting to photograph WedgeTail Eagles without much success! This is fab BlazierB!
photoloi
Amazing shot!
salsbells69
Blimey..how did i miss this? It reminds me of the owls out of the Harry Potter Movies. What an excellent capture. Sorry for missing it earlier. :D
photoloi
Trully amazing shot!
digitalmidge
Oh my God, you are the best. I just can’t get over this one.. ;-)
Marvin Collins
Awesome!!
tangleduptight
wonderful shot! :)
Steve Chapple
Sensational image!
Wanda Lechene
amazing capture and great timing
photoloi
My friend, non blubler, saw my favorites and she picked your shot; commented on the beauty!
Amazing capture of the moment, the eyes, etc..
Thank you:)
the6tees
STUNNING!!
Marie Magnusson
great photo, must have been amazing to be so close!
Hagen
Wow, what a shot!
emmyjewel
as if you need any more comments on this one.. but once again, its beautiful
Basia McAuley
What a truly amazing capture! The way you managed to capture the owl so clearly is wonderful! Well done.
Benjamin Liew
check that out… that is stunning!
Raphaela Sampaio
wow excellent capture!
Larry Varley
brilliant shot
Carole Felmy
what an amazing capture, it’s beautiful
CATNIPMEOW
Excellent ! What a amazing capture …......truly wonderful !!!!
DouglasBlack
Wow – you must be chuffed, What a great shot – and in focus too!
Ann E. Chapman
This is a beautiful capture such detail and texture.
loramae
WoW…My first Eagle Owl…How beautiful that you were blessed to catch this glorious creature in flight! =O)
ftrlksbrght
I’ll fight the urge to mention Hedwig from Harry Potter and try to focus on the fact that this is simply a great image. Nice one.
Simone Maynard
great capture!
Tammy Link
Really cool shot.. those eyes are a lil scarry but a beautiful bird and lovely work.
Craig Hender
Wow!!!!!!!!! What an outstanding capture! A bit freaky, that thing coming at you. Awesome, straight into my favs.
DanaMS
Cool shot!
Diana Forgione
Amazing Photo!
Steven Agius
Brillant capture, perfectly timed superb detail, well done.
Mar Silva
What an amazingly perfect image!~
Excellent work!
webbie
Now this is awsome…great capture:)
Marilyn Harris
Congratulations on having your “Low Flying” featured in Animal Kingdom!!
Beautiful!!
Ginger Barritt
Perfect…absolutely perfect…I love it.
Sassafras
This DOES deserve a feature spot…all by itself. Have neverseen the likes of this…much less been able to shoot such. Wow,wow,wow. GREAT capture.
Peace,
Sassi
bidkev
Bloody brilliant!
kev
Donna Proctor
Magnificent in all of it’s glory… well done.
helmutk
Truly amazing capture perfect
Gili Orr
Great shot!
Robyn Carter
Great shot :)
Cvail73
Impressive shot!!
Prasad
Perfectly captured.
Kenny Gulley Jr.
oh boy what a face
Helene Kippert
Amazing capture!
Nelson Campbell
Fantastic, stunning, you name it…!
wooly
That is just outstanding! The eyes are so captivating!
kozmix
Amazing capture with a wonderful expression.
DarkStars
Stunning, love it :)
stephen jones
great shot
Trevor Fellows
wow m8 that a fantastic shot great detail and focus
Trev.
amberafternoon
My husband and I were in a nature park once…heard a ruckus from a flock of crows and went to investigate. The next thing I know this low flying Great Horned Owl swooped down out of the trees and was heading right for me. At eye level with me….big beautiful yellow eyes starring me straight in the eye. I just stood there mesmerized…camera in hand and couldn’t take the shot. For a moment there I thought it was going to smack into my head…then at the last minute it just cleared me. The entire encounter only took a few seconds, but I was dancing on cloud 9 for a week :)
dmarie
awesome shot…there is a new group called Only Owls…check it out :-)
Mechellerene
Well.. that’s brilliant.
Konstantins Vi...
I’ve seen owl in nature only once. In the night. Seemed like slow motion with muted sound.
Great capture!
Bonnie Pelton
Wow Stunning!
Mark Ross
Remarkably intense image!
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RosaMarieAshby
wow…...........you are ffantastic :D thanks for your compliment..this is unreal..:D
Denis Molodkin
SUPERB! Awesome shot
Danielle Espin
Oh wow this is an amazing capture!!
dairygirl08
WOW, what an amazing capture, perfect
Shanina Conway
What an extraordinary capture…brilliant work;)
Hawker
Wow a really fantastic capture
jgreenturkey
Very cool, love owls. Not easy to find sometimes.
ellamental
WOW!!!!!
Monica Vanzant
Wonderful! Magestic!
Laurie Search
Wow, what an awesome catch!!!
Babbler
great image
swiftwon
absolutely superb shot…I call this wow factor..don’t be a stranger we are into the same stuff..have a great one!!
VaLover
beautiful great capture!! one for my favs.
riverotter
FANTASTIC capture!!!
Wendy Slee
WOW! amazing!!!
RoddyM
great catch !
Susan Kemp
What is left to say, but another WOW. This seems to have made you famous on flickr, had to scroll for down for ever to add my admiration…
kalaryder
Hot stuff!
ejacent
By eck, this is awesome!
leigh banks
Truely awsome, well done
Violette Grosse
Amazing shot – I’ve never seen an owl from this angle.
kaycheree
Just stunning Blaizer…. & love the capture of colour in the eyes.
helmutk
Great shot !
AnnieSnel
Wonderful shot!!
DON CASTILLO
Natl. Geograhic would love this one! Don :)
odarkeone
Fantastic Photo
billfox256
An unbelievable great capture. Bill
Cathy Beharriell
This is an amazing shot!
jinney
NOW-that my dear is MAJIC STUFF!!
How absolutely Beautiful -a stunning CAPTURE!!!
-jinney
Karina Cooper
What a great shot you must be proud of this one!
Karen Tillotson
Good lord, took me forever to get to the bottom of this thread! Just HAD TO SAY…this is one of the most incredible photos I have ever seen! If you actually took it with that lens on your camera…that’s really amazing because it truly looks like YOU were flying at about a thousand feet to get this fantastic capture! I hate hearing about endangered species – breaks my heart – but it’s photos like this and the awareness that results from them, which could very possibly help this beautiful creature! BRAVO!
hsien-ku
fantastic shot!
Mindy McGregor
Amazing capture!
Anji Johnston
WoW!
Donna Ridgway
Wow again!
Adrian Paul
BlaizerB replied
Many thanks!
Sheila Laurens
I love owls – I adore this shot, amazing !! Congratulations on the very, very well deserved featured XX Sheila
LeilaniMelayna
Man, this is awesome!
Cheryl Dunning
wow what a shot
FOTOX713
Xtrodinary.
deborah zaragoza
I love this photo !!!
While camping out II thought I was being chased by an owl at night that was really flying after a rat in the woods (Poor Rat…) LOL Great shot Blaizer !!!
F.A. Moore
Incredible.
Leon Rossouw
Skyjuggler
Absolutely wicked shot. Well done
Voltaire Carlos
Oh man this is great timing. Inspiring I got to get myself in this situation oneday to take a similar one.
Tracey Mac
Such a special image, incredible capture, and stunning in more ways than one…...pure magic…...
anaviktoriaarts
I can only say “Magnificent”. Everyone else has said it all!! Bravo.
Richard George
Perfect capture…outstanding!!
rodeorose
Greeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaat capture! Awesome. He looks hungry!
Sonya Byrne
Congrats on your features. This is pretty cool
Scott d'Almeida
outstanding
Phillip Weyers
Amazing shot… love it.
Tony Middleton
very cool shot ! Looks like it could have inspired the naming of the ‘Harrier jumpjet’
Kimberly Peers
Great capture!
suefel48
WOW!!!....Brilliant capture!!!..... :-))
Sherry Lynn Cr...
I truly agree with all of the above!
Instant fav! Spectacular :)
Ryan Schain
I just recently created a group for photographs of birds in flight. You would be an excellent addition to the group, and this photo would be an excellent addition as well! – http://www.redbubble.com/groups/wild-birds-in-flight
Jim Cumming
great capture!
David Clarke
Congratulations, BlaizerB, great shot!!
Paulo van Breugel
Taken with a 17-40mm lens!? Amazing, very nice picture