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Barn Owl

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Posted by Bob Cox on February 15, 2009 at 7:23 AM
Barn Owl
One from last year , the barn owls here hunt the reed beds that line the drainage ditch . Much of the land is reclaimed , flat and feature less so getting a decent back ground can be difficult this owl though did the decent thing and kept low .

Bob.

Tech
20D
ISO 400
1/2000 at F4.5
300/2.8 + 1.4 TC
Car roof.

Posted by Trevor Wilson on February 15, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Really like this shot, for me the reeds in the fore ground give the picture nice depth and the reed heads on the left edge give the birds eyes a area to focus towards. My thinking is if you had cropped them out the bird would have space but feature to fly towards. Nice one :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on February 15, 2009 at 12:53 PM
looks good to me, nice colours and setting.

Matt
Posted by Major Gilbert on February 15, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Good looking image Bob. Just find that reed stem passing through the wing a bit of a distraction.
Sure you could clone that out of the way fairly easily. :toast:

Major.
Posted by Ray on February 15, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Looks a little strange on my monitor, I think it’s a scaling thing, the owl the teasel heads.

Still an excellent shot, well seen and taken. Nice one.
Posted by Bob Cox on February 15, 2009 at 5:04 PM
One for the Major and Ray.I'm not to keen on cloning though.

Bob.
Posted by Magnus Hird on February 15, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Liked this as soon as I saw it Bob. Lovely light and a great environmental shot (which I have to say I'm getting keener on since I've been part of this forum) :smile: