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Short Ear Owl with Vole.

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Posted by John Chapman on May 2, 2007 at 4:49 AM
Short Ear Owl with Vole.
Picture taken recently. Techs. 1DM2n 300mm lens 2xconv. ISO 200 F5.6
1/2ooo sec -0.3 EV Hand Held. All comments welcomed.
John
Aberdeen

Posted by Clive_S on May 2, 2007 at 5:14 AM
Excellent John, love that intense eye. :toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on May 2, 2007 at 8:07 AM
Nice one John. Never had an opportunity for these yet :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on May 2, 2007 at 8:42 AM
Amazing eyes John - he's intent on getting to wherever he's going for sure :smile:

Only 'nit' for me is I wish you hadn't cropped so much of the left frame, your jpg is not in proportion with your original shot, look a lot better with some more sky to the left - imvho, for what its worth :frown: (please don't hit me!) :wavey: :wavey: :wavey: :wavey: :wavey: :wavey:

Regards

Andy
Posted by David Kjaer on May 2, 2007 at 11:04 AM
Nice behaviour shot - a bit special!

David :toast:
Posted by Brian Irving on May 2, 2007 at 12:43 PM
Like it John, rarely get the back plumage in SEO shots, this is very different for that reason alone.

DOF seems very deep for F5.6 when the wingspan is considered.

As ever, technique looks bomb proof!
Posted by Paula Graham on May 2, 2007 at 1:15 PM
Good action shot, it looks as if he is going at some speed.
To handhold a lens with converter on and get a shot like that takes a bit of doing.
Well done.
Posted by David Taylor on May 2, 2007 at 2:19 PM
Great focus on the eye and top notch technique. Perfection would have been to see more of the vole IMHO. Very very good.

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Graham Bailey on May 3, 2007 at 10:43 AM
Great shot :toast: As David says it would be better if you could see more of the vole but of course then you'd loose the back plumage - i guess you can't have everything
Posted by Anthony House on May 4, 2007 at 4:07 PM
Excellent work, one of my favourite birds :smile:

Tony