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Barn Owl in flight

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Posted by Nigel Blake on January 25, 2009 at 5:31 PM
After a trip to Mildenhall I came home through the fens and photographed two different Barn Owls, end result being just under 200 retained flight shots, from the car with a beanbag as support Canon EOS1DsMkIII and 600mm f4 IS, slight crop to improve comp
1/1250th at f5.6 400iso, IS off, CF8-3 focus point expanded to surrounding circle.
DPP (daylight colour balance to retain the late afternoon warm colour) and CS3 post processing (resize & sharpen)
Posted by Tim Taylor on January 25, 2009 at 5:47 PM
A beautifully lit owl - love the underwing detail and the eye catchlight.

Tim :toast:
Posted by Justin on January 25, 2009 at 5:53 PM
A fine shot. :toast:
Posted by Ray on January 25, 2009 at 6:12 PM
A classic shot. A great shot, well seen and executed.
Posted by Ian Mason on January 25, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Terrific! Very sharp, nice pose showing feet and background showing just enough detail.
Posted by eric weight on January 26, 2009 at 12:50 AM
Excellent shot, plenty of environment which is just far enough Oof to make the bird stand out. I like that.
:toast: Eric
Posted by Matt Cole on January 26, 2009 at 3:52 AM
very nice, well composed.

Matt
Posted by Gary Beers on January 26, 2009 at 4:38 AM
I can't add anything to what has already been said, but I agree with all of the above!
Posted by Danny Green on January 26, 2009 at 4:46 AM
Hello Nigel

Yes that is a great shot as you know I have been working on them myself but no joy yet must try harder.

Danny :toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 26, 2009 at 5:13 AM
Fantastic image Nigel. This type of shot is a perfect counterfoil to the enviro image posted by Gary Beers recently. I can just see a two page spread with Gary's image on the left and yours on the right.
Robert
Posted by Lea Roberts on January 26, 2009 at 5:32 AM
very nice shot

lea
Posted by PhilH on January 26, 2009 at 7:07 AM
Do I like it....yes

Am I jealous.... yes!

Can I find fault... well only slightlyish and so minor its hardly worth mentioning but I would perhaps like to have seen the other eye as well if possible.

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Anthony House on January 26, 2009 at 7:34 AM
I saw you drive past Nigel, I was photographing a Little Owl at the time until someone rudely pulled right upto my front bumper and scared it off :mad: some people have no manners...

Nice work..
Tony
Posted by tony flashman on January 26, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Classic Barn Owl image with just the right degree of environment.

Tony :toast:
Posted by Rob Ashton on January 26, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Superb shot and a subject I am keen on getting this year.

Rob :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on January 26, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Nice comp-like it

Dave :toast:
Posted by Colin Pickett on January 26, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Classic Barn Owl Nigel really like it hope you post some more, one Barny would be nice to see two fantastic. :toast:
Posted by Nigel Blake on January 26, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Many thanks to all.
Oh yes Tony ( I thought that was you)........... about 3 weeks ago I had a Barny on a post, someone pulled up right behind me, got out of the car and got his camera & lens out of the boot, then asked me what had happened to the Owl.
There are more of the Barn Owls on my Flickr gallery.
Posted by David Kjaer on January 26, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Very nice Nigel - love the detail and wing position!

David :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on January 27, 2009 at 5:39 AM
This is very good Nigel :toast:
Posted by Major Gilbert on January 27, 2009 at 8:13 AM
The more I look at it the better it gets. :frown: :frown: :frown:

Major
Posted by Alan Bryant on January 27, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Perfect comp and detail.

Love this image :toast: