Posted by Simon Litten on October 13, 2008 at 7:05 PM
Hi all
Another one from my Barn Owl project.
He (and I'm guessing it's a he) finally landed face on to me and stuck around for a few shots. Pleased to get the twin catchlights in this one.
Does anyone find the ring on it's leg too distracting? It annoys the hell outta me but it's far too tricky to clone out cleanly.
Canon 1dIII 500mm f8 @ 1/800 iso200 from hide
Regards
Simon
Posted by John Robinson on October 13, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Hi Simon
Great barn owl head on shot.!
Yes the ring does annoy me - but then Ii have a problem with ringed wild birds.(long story)
Cheers
JohnR
Nice, I'm not keen on ringing either but it is one of those things i'm affraid and it does not take anything away from this super shot.
Cheers
Brian
Posted by Ian Andrews on October 14, 2008 at 3:24 AM
Not keen on the ring, but prefer that to jesses!
Ian
Posted by Brett Lewis on October 14, 2008 at 6:35 AM
Very well taken, I have the same problem with the BO's at a farm near me as the local ringer gets them in the nest every year so it doesn't give an opportunity to photograph any of them without rings..! Still I like this shot a lot and superb detail and lighting.
Great shot ! The ring is a little distracting but as you say pretty tricky to get rid of.
The BO seems to have a 'whats going on here slapped all over his chevy chase!'
Drew
Posted by Rob Howard on October 14, 2008 at 9:25 AM
Hi Simon,
I would say this is a female, you can just make out spotting under her right wing (left as we look at it). a cracking shot of one it is too.
I don't want to get into a debate about ringing, and everyone has their own thoughts on the subject, but here in Suffolk the Barn Owl suffered a massive population crash (as did most places in the UK) and thanks to a massive nest box project, that I am involved in and ringing of youngsters in these boxes we are able to keep track of where the youngsters are going and what areas are being used, sadly this info is only found mainly on a dead bird ie road kill or otherwise, but the ring on it's leg tells us where it came from. Sometimes ringed adults are caught in boxes, an example was last summer when we caught a ringed female in a box and discovered she had travelled over 40 miles from her place of birth.
As a photographer I know they don't look great but at the moment they are a vital source of info on the population spread of this species.
Discussion
11 repliesAnother one from my Barn Owl project.
He (and I'm guessing it's a he) finally landed face on to me and stuck around for a few shots. Pleased to get the twin catchlights in this one.
Does anyone find the ring on it's leg too distracting? It annoys the hell outta me but it's far too tricky to clone out cleanly.
Canon 1dIII 500mm f8 @ 1/800 iso200 from hide
Regards
Simon
Great barn owl head on shot.!
Yes the ring does annoy me - but then Ii have a problem with ringed wild birds.(long story)
Cheers
JohnR
No problem with the ring, it is as it is.
greetings,
Bertl
The ring is just one of those things I certainly wouldn't take it out.
Cheers
Brian
Ian
Brett.
The BO seems to have a 'whats going on here slapped all over his chevy chase!'
Drew
I would say this is a female, you can just make out spotting under her right wing (left as we look at it). a cracking shot of one it is too.
I don't want to get into a debate about ringing, and everyone has their own thoughts on the subject, but here in Suffolk the Barn Owl suffered a massive population crash (as did most places in the UK) and thanks to a massive nest box project, that I am involved in and ringing of youngsters in these boxes we are able to keep track of where the youngsters are going and what areas are being used, sadly this info is only found mainly on a dead bird ie road kill or otherwise, but the ring on it's leg tells us where it came from. Sometimes ringed adults are caught in boxes, an example was last summer when we caught a ringed female in a box and discovered she had travelled over 40 miles from her place of birth.
As a photographer I know they don't look great but at the moment they are a vital source of info on the population spread of this species.
Regards
Rob
Excellent shot of this lovely bird,ring i don't know.