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Barn Owl

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Posted by A.R.D on March 31, 2008 at 2:39 PM
With such a lovely evening I thought I'd pop out and shoot some Barn Owls.

The pair of them came out bang-on time and quartered the grass for around 15 minutes before they both disappeared with dinner.

They decided to hunt in a direction which meant shooting into the sun.


ISO 640 | 1/640 sec | F/8 | Metering Partial | EV Comp -1.33 |

Now I must go and hunt for my own food.

Sunny Days in Mid Suffolk.

Posted by Rene de Heer on March 31, 2008 at 2:40 PM
Very atmospheric image, love it!
Rene de Heer
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 31, 2008 at 2:44 PM
Hi A.R.D.,

Very nice capture! Superb lighting!
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Posted by Anthony House on March 31, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Love the light on this, well caught..

Tony
Posted by John Robinson on March 31, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Spot on!
JohnR
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 31, 2008 at 3:12 PM
How wonderful to have these birds 'on tap' so to speak - lovely shot with superb backlighting - I'm jealous as hell :toast:
Posted by Andy Bate on March 31, 2008 at 3:13 PM
Owl tastic!! liking it
Posted by David Kjaer on March 31, 2008 at 3:17 PM
Love it !

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on March 31, 2008 at 4:01 PM
Cant get much better,very envious :biggrin:

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Posted by Rob Howard on March 31, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Hi ARD,

Cracking shot. Love the composition and the exposure, holding the backlighting but giving detail in the face. Had a good with Barn Owls myself, I saw 6 in total on my travels around Suffolk.

Regards

Rob
Posted by Austin Thomas on March 31, 2008 at 5:52 PM
Lovely image. Well done.

Austin
Posted by Magnus Hird on March 31, 2008 at 5:53 PM
Fantastic job with managing the light, lovely image :smile:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 31, 2008 at 5:56 PM


Great shot , like everything about it :toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by jack chapman on April 1, 2008 at 3:13 AM
absolutely brilliant
Posted by Major Gilbert on April 1, 2008 at 5:05 AM
Well done ARD I find this type of shot very frustrating when the camera just doesnt want to lock on to the bird. I do a lot from the car and panning on a bean bag is not good sometimes.
So its turned out quite well based on shooting into the light.

Major :toast:
Posted by Helge Sorensen on April 1, 2008 at 6:09 AM
Wonderful light, excellent shot! :toast:
Posted by PhilH on April 1, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Nice

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Posted by Paula Graham on April 1, 2008 at 10:45 AM
Just beautiful.