Burrowing Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted October 22, 201399 views3 comments

August 3, 2013 Victorville, California On the way to Trona to photograph the Milky Way that night we stopped at my wife's sisters. She mentioned Burrowing Owls in the field next to her art studio. We hopped into the car and this fellow was there waiting for us.

Nikon D4 Nikkor 600mm 1.4TC 850mm 1/1250 f/8 ISO500 White Balance Auto Tripod, Wimberley. Processed in CS6, NIK and Lightroom. Cropped 50%

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 23, 2013 at 12:34 AM

Great pose from this fellow, and nice complimentary surroundings. Light seems very harsh, and even with the 600, I think this doesn't stand up to a large crop. Lots of lost detail in the feathers.
Not quite up to your usually great images!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on October 26, 2013 at 11:16 AM

Cool bird but it does look a bit soft to me and lacks some white detail.

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Comment posted by Sandy Scott on December 7, 2013 at 2:32 PM

I have been so anxious to shoot one of these, but I never encounter any. Great shot!

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