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My first Short Eared Owl

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Posted by Richard Peters on February 28, 2009 at 8:33 PM
My first Short Eared Owl
I spent thursday and friday with some SEOs (and Colin and Barry :wavey: ). The weather was pretty dire, very overcast which sapped all the light and colour out of the surroundings. Still, it was nice to get my first shots of these birds. I got some closer ones but this was probably my favourite shot of the two days.

D300, 600 + 1.4x (also cropped), 1/320, f6.3, ISO 1600, white balanced to bring some much needed warmth back!
Posted by Dave Cordery on March 1, 2009 at 1:43 AM
The head turn adds to the picture and the eyes are something else nice picture under the circumstances.

Dave C
Posted by Justin on March 1, 2009 at 3:09 AM
It works for me.
Love the eye contact and the composition and space surrounding the bird work great.
:cool: :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on March 1, 2009 at 5:01 AM
Very nice photo and the head turn make's it,if you were a vole/mouse this is the look you would need to avoid! :wink: ,well done.
All The Best

Craig Jones
Staffordshire

:wavey:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on March 1, 2009 at 5:43 AM
Hi Richard,great day out,great image.....only nit is my photo's not as good as yours :biggrin:

catch up with you soon :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ray on March 1, 2009 at 10:23 AM
The head turn really makes it, an excellent shot, well seen/composed and taken.
Posted by Graham Goddard on March 1, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Those eyes just pop from my screen - I've been abck to this several times and it gets better with each view.

Great capture.
Posted by Ian Cook on March 1, 2009 at 5:16 PM
you already know this Richard, but cracking shot, the eye contact is superb :)

Glad you found them ok :)
Posted by PhilH on March 2, 2009 at 5:47 AM
Works well for me... the owl stands out well against the pastel shades of the surroundings....

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on March 2, 2009 at 6:18 AM
Almost cartoon like and you expect it to 'smack' straight into a tree..! :biggrin: Nicely captured and good eye contact...

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on March 2, 2009 at 3:01 PM
LOL @ Brett :biggrin:

Great head-turn - what a fly-past! The setting is great too, almost ghostly. Like it a lot :smile: