The grey ghost

Great grey owls hunting voles under snow in the last light of winter afternoons.

Boreal

Owls 01
Owls 02 Great gray owl black bg · 600mm · f/4 · 1/800 · ISO 4000
Owls 03 Great gray owl portrait · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/500 · ISO 2000
Owls 04 Owl orange eyes black · 600mm · f/4 · 1/1000 · ISO 5000
Owls 05 Owl intense gaze dark · 500mm · f/4 · 1/400 · ISO 1250
Owls 06 Pygmy owl fir · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/1250 · ISO 3200
Owls 07 Owl moody forest · 600mm · f/4 · 1/320 · ISO 2500
Owls 08 Eagle owl darkness · 600mm · f/4 · 1/1600 · ISO 6400
Owls 09 Snowy owl black bg · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/640 · ISO 1600
Owls 10 Long-eared owl · 600mm · f/4 · 1/800 · ISO 4000

The great grey owl hears a vole under half a meter of snow and drops on it without a sound. The first hour after sunset is when it hunts hardest, which is also the hour the light goes. Most of these are at ISO 6400 and I would not change one.