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Barn Owl in flight 2

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19 replies
Posted by Nigel Blake on January 28, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Another image from a great session on Saturday, went back there last night and had a few fleeting views of a female Barny and a not very showy SEO too! On the way up I found another good place with two Barn Owls hunting though, have spoken to the landowner today!

2009:01:24 16:15:12
600mm
Subject dist: 21m
1/800 sec, f/5.6
Mode: Av
Metering: Evaluative
Exp comp: -1/3
ISO: 400
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Drive: Continuous (high)
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
File size: 22.2MB
Image size: 5616 x 3744
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: 0
Contrast: 0
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn III-8: AF expansion: surrounding assist points
CFn III-13: AF point brightness: brighter

RAW conversion DPP, resize sharpen and a very slight crop (top, bottom and right) as the bird was just ahead of frame centre, with CS3
Posted by Mike Smith on January 29, 2009 at 2:39 AM
Is it a trick of the wing shadow, or is this the continental dark breasted barn owl on the Washes at present?
Posted by Gary Beers on January 29, 2009 at 4:27 AM
:toast: I would love to get one like this
Posted by PhilH on January 29, 2009 at 5:10 AM
I prefer this to your previous post Nigel, wonderful bird....

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on January 29, 2009 at 6:11 AM
Great shot, just the right amount of wing blur :smile:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 29, 2009 at 6:37 AM
Every bit as good as the previous image and to be honest I'd be pushed to choose a favourite between the two.
Robert
Posted by John Chapman on January 29, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Great capture yet again. :toast:
Posted by Sam Mannaerts on January 29, 2009 at 10:06 AM
Clean shot! Nice

grtz,
Sam
Posted by Jeremy on January 29, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Wonderful shot, Nigel. Can`t say I`ve seen a genuine wild Barn Owl since I was a schoolboy in Hampshire 20 years ago; but I`m working on it. Excellent stuff!
Posted by Major Gilbert on January 29, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Another good one Nigel.
Keep up the good work and make hay while the sunshines as its Barney time. :biggrin:

Major
Posted by Ian Mason on January 29, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Another stunner - I think I prefer this one.
Posted by Des Ong on January 29, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Wonderful flight shot, the wing-blur gives real sense of movement too :toast:
Posted by Mark Wilson on January 29, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Thats a bit special Nigel! I like the hint of blur in the wings.
Posted by Fran French on January 29, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Very nice image Nigel. I have yet to capture one of these..one day........ :biggrin:

Fran :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Dawn Monrose on January 29, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Lovely! Nice background which still gives a sense of habitat, great stuff!
Posted by Paul Hobson on January 29, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Very nice Nigel, like the angle of wing and head and a nice amount of light under the bird

Paul
Posted by Lea Roberts on January 29, 2009 at 5:32 PM
very nice shot

lea
Posted by Ray on January 29, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Everything is right on the button, an excellent shot.
Posted by Colin Pickett on January 30, 2009 at 9:31 AM
Nearly missed this one, another superb image Nigel. :toast:
Posted by Nigel Blake on January 31, 2009 at 3:48 AM
Many thanks all.
The darkness is the shadow of the wing, there is a bird in the Welney area that looks as if it could be an offspring of the "Dark-breasted" that was in the area a couple of years ago; it shows a slightly darker patchy mantle and that "punched in the eyes" look that DBBO's have, however it is not dark enough around the breast or speckled very heavily down the flanks, plus the wings and mantle are not as extensively marked as DBBOs either.