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Little Owl again !.

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Posted by Bob Cox on October 16, 2010 at 4:18 PM
Little Owl again !.
As I said on an earlier post, nailing these little owls in flight is hit and misses. I can’t follow them well enough to hold focus; I struggle to keep them in the frame as they drop so fast. I eventually decided to pre-focus at a range of about 25 to 30 feet. I then kept the out of focus perched bird in view then followed the flight until they started to fly into focus, then hit the button. The strange crop on this one is because the right hand wing tip was out of frame so I went for a close crop of the left hand wing as well, so its a big crop, about 50%.

Thanks for looking.

Techs:

1Dmk3
300mm f4
ISO-400
1/1000 at f5.6
Hand held

Posted by keith mitchell on October 17, 2010 at 4:11 AM
Great detail Bob certainly worth the effort that you put in.

Keith.
Posted by David Kjaer on October 17, 2010 at 5:39 AM
Hi Bob

Your crop works quite well - another beauty.

David :toast:
Posted by Kim Connolly on October 17, 2010 at 6:01 AM
Terrific shot Bob, Love the angle and the crop is just right. :toast:
Posted by Paul Rosser on October 17, 2010 at 11:11 AM
Works well for me!
Paul Rosser :wavey:
Posted by Heath McDonald on October 17, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Very nice, crop works very well and I particularly like the sharp head of the owl whilst there is a small amount of motion blur in the wings.

Heath :toast:
Posted by Bob Cox on October 18, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Thanks for your coments All.

Bob.