Barn Owl flight

Gallery: AvianPosted November 13, 2009384 views11 comments

I had received mixed feedback regarding the ethics of photographing nocturnal birds with a torch and flash, but either way this image was created at the same time as the previous one.

30D, 300/4L, ISO400, manual mode, f/8, 1/125th, 430EX (EC -1/3) with beamer, cropped to taste. (full width image)

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Michal Jonczyk on November 13, 2009 at 10:44 AM

Splendid image Akos. I really like the lighting. Great quality.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on November 13, 2009 at 11:13 AM

Wow that's pretty amazing. So you really had a black bg?

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Comment posted by Sally King on November 13, 2009 at 11:43 AM

I love how the bird is coming out of the darkness. For this situation the exposure of the whites looks pretty good too. That would have to be difficult I would think.

Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 13, 2009 at 2:07 PM

I completely disagree with using this method to photograph birds (especially owls) outside of scientific purposes. That being said, you did a wonderful job not over exposing and the detail is beautiful - but it doens't look all that natural since everything else is black.

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on November 13, 2009 at 3:05 PM

A great shot, but I also do not like the method used to obtain this image. The bird's welfare should come first.

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Comment posted by Ákos Lumnitzer on November 13, 2009 at 6:21 PM

Hi
Everything is black because it was captured in the dead of night so there is no sun, except on the other side of the globe if I am correct. So dark, night sky BG it is.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 13, 2009 at 7:43 PM

Great job with both the sharpness and exposure Akos.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 14, 2009 at 11:10 AM

Excellent exposure and sharpness, a terrific shot Akos

I'm OK with a limited amount of this type of photography, if anyone would like to see my opinion and reasoning, it's in Akos previous Barn Owl thread

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Comment posted by Neal Cooper on November 14, 2009 at 3:30 PM

Akos. Ethics aside. This is a beautiful shot. Well done, Good composition and sharpness. Well done.

Neal

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on November 15, 2009 at 6:53 AM

A beauty, Akos. I've seen these birds sitting by the roadside at night waiting for car headlights to illuminate an area so they can see even better. (It's one reason that they are hit by cars so often). Makes you wonder if they even care about the light.

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Comment posted by William Bickle on January 15, 2014 at 3:16 PM

Hello Akos

Sweet Capture

Bill

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