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Long eared owl

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on January 17, 2007 at 1:39 PM
Long eared owl
One from today the only way I could see the owls today was to stand on top of the fence, and I had to extend my tripod to its fullest height including the centre column to give me about seven feet in height.

Phillip.

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Nikon D2X
Focal Length: 800mm
Color Mode: Mode III (Adobe RGB)
High ISO NR: On (Normal)
2007/01/17 11:07:54
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
White Balance: Preset d-4
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted
AF Mode: AF-C
1/250 sec - F/7.1
Lens: 800mm F/5.6 D
Sensitivity: ISO 800
Posted by Mark Sisson on January 17, 2007 at 2:52 PM
Nice roosting image Philip - wish I could doze in the day like that sometimes too!
Posted by BATEY on January 17, 2007 at 3:07 PM
nice photo phil, is that at Marton?? how many are roosting there???
Posted by Tim Munsey on January 17, 2007 at 3:19 PM
Fantastic, it looks so relaxed, like a pic of you on the fence though :biggrin: .
Great stuff

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Tim
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on January 17, 2007 at 4:23 PM
Hi Andy yes marton mere just 4 but I could only clearly see three today and of the three this one was the best photograph.

Hi Tim yes he did have a quick stare at me when he saw me climbing on the fence but after the first time I fell off I think it was laughing at me and the second time I was just been stubborn, I really should have nipped off home as its only about half a mile away from the owls and got my stepladders but there's nothing like being stubborn.

Phillip.

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Posted by Danny Green on January 17, 2007 at 6:03 PM
Hello Phil

Great shot I really like this one.

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Danny :wavey:
Posted by PhilH on January 18, 2007 at 4:30 AM
Nice one, a busy environment but the subject is strong enough to negate that, would have loved to see you stood on top of the fence.... the things we do to get the image eh...

All the best

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Posted by Elliott Neep on January 18, 2007 at 4:33 AM
Just trying to imaging you balancing on the fence with a 7ft tripof and 5ft lens :biggrin: Great effort Phil. Its seems like nothing will stand in your way of getting a great shot. Have still been looking for window in the weather to visit with you... :toast:
Posted by Mark sellings on January 18, 2007 at 12:33 PM
Love the half-closed eye - watching and wondering :biggrin:

Nice environmental shot,

Mark
Posted by John Chapman on January 18, 2007 at 4:26 PM
HI Philip
nice shot of a beautiful bird. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Niall Riddell on January 21, 2007 at 8:35 AM
I think the background really adds to this image showing how the birds plummage allows it to blend in