Asio flammeus

Gallery: AvianPosted January 31, 2013163 views12 comments

Photo taken at Americana, SP. Brazil.

This short-eared owl lived for at least two months on the same area in the city. I could go there about 8 times, finding the bird 5 out of 8.

1/200, f/5.0, ISO 400, @300mm. Aperture priority.

Canon 50D, 300mm f/2.8.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 31, 2013 at 8:31 PM

A favorite species of mine. Nice image with good detail as posted.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 31, 2013 at 9:02 PM

Awesome perch and a great looking bird. Would be nice to get both eyes

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

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 31, 2013 at 10:27 PM

Beautiful light and an excellent job on this one, Jefferson. Lovely detail in the bird and a very nice bg.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 1, 2013 at 12:38 AM

Great detail Jeferson. Wish we had diurnal owls in Australia

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on February 1, 2013 at 3:55 AM

A beautiful portrait with great detail Jefferson

Great view of those deadly talons.

Sweet One!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on February 1, 2013 at 10:09 AM

Great species, great image.Interesting that they live in this part of the world as well - learned something new today

, regards, Hans

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 1, 2013 at 10:20 AM

Sharp with a great pose and a nice soft BG to set the bird off Jefferson.
I especially like the diagonal perch & POV, with the bird looking upwards

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on February 1, 2013 at 10:23 AM

Hi Hans,
as far as I know, this species can be found in Americas, Europe and Asia.

Thanks for your comment!

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on February 1, 2013 at 12:21 PM

Nice image Jefferson. I so wish I could capture an image of any owl and it would be great to get one with this quality. Nice job.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on February 2, 2013 at 8:38 AM

You had some magical light there, Jefferson. This is a powerful image, those talons and legs are intimidating.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 2, 2013 at 1:51 PM

Beautiful owl - great pose , nice perch and complimentary BG.
I'd wish for a bit more of a head-turn to get that second eye in view.
Very fine image!
Sandy

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Comment posted by May Haga on February 4, 2013 at 1:37 PM

Always love these guys and you have captured it very well.
May

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