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Posted by PhilH on February 9, 2009 at 3:56 AM
Short Eared Owl...
40D, 300/4 + 1.4x, Handheld.
ISO640, 1/1250 @ f8, Manual metered from the dry grasses.
ACR5 + Resize & sharpen CS4

Hi,

Spent the best part part of the weekend after images of these birds at the site where Tony and Brett have been seeing them on a regular basis. Well they obviously don't work weekends, no siting at all on the Saturday, highlight of the day was Tony's super cooked breakfast, cheers Tony, must repay your hospitality one day....

Sunday we trecked the local Bays for waders in the morning again with not a lot of luck and retuned to the Owl site for the afternoon, hung around for what seemed like ages, Brett and myself were just leaving when Tony Rang to say one had turned up. Managed a few inflight shots but mainly too small in the frame for me....

I now have two mediocre images of Short Eared Owls, needless to say if the weather is kind next weekend I will be back...

All the best

Phil
Posted by Robert Lawrence on February 9, 2009 at 5:04 AM
It's not too small in the frame for me Phil. No nits, but in a perfect world that wingtip would have been above the horizon. Nice enironmental image.
Robert
Posted by Andy Shepherd on February 9, 2009 at 5:06 AM


Nice shot Phil, wish we had some near where I live.

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Nigel Blake on February 9, 2009 at 5:20 AM
Nice one Phil, I like the wing below the horizon, it connects the bird to the habitat, rather than separates it!
Posted by Gary Beers on February 9, 2009 at 5:25 AM
Works for me too. I have had 4 sessions with our (not very) local shorties and never had one this big in the frame.
Posted by Dawn Monrose on February 9, 2009 at 5:34 AM
Very nice, great pose.

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Posted by Drew Mellowship on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 AM
Great stuff, really well done !

Drew :smile:
Posted by Major Gilbert on February 9, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Looks ok to me Phil. Wish we had a few more this way. :toast:

Major
Posted by jack chapman on February 9, 2009 at 12:06 PM
great shot Phil am very envious, got a site for these at the moment and hope to work them from a hide this weekend, fingers crossed i get something as good as this
Posted by Ray on February 9, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Not bad, not bad at all, in fact an excellent capture. Well done.
Posted by Roland Simpson on February 11, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Excellent shot,Phil and very well caught.

Peter..
Posted by Alan Bryant on February 11, 2009 at 10:55 AM
I like seeing invo shots like these now and again.

Nice one :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on February 11, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Well they are there after all...! :biggrin: :biggrin: Nice environment shot Phil.. Keep me posted about the weekend..

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on February 11, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Nicely shown in its environment Phil, tells the viewer about their daytime hunting :smile:
Posted by tony flashman on February 11, 2009 at 5:59 PM
They are still there Phil..........

Plenty more flight shots to come I hope!

Tony :toast:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on February 11, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Hi Phil I like the image a lot I do have quite a few close up images of seo's but tend to enjoy looking at this type of image more.

Phil.

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