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Short Eared Owl

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Posted by Karen Summers on November 27, 2010 at 4:23 PM
Short Eared Owl
Well as usual these birds kept us waiting, light went poor using 1600 ISO, was freezing to death but at least we saw them and this image was how it was, freezing but its a start and can only hope for better light and conditions

Canon 1DMK4, Canon 500f4L + 1.4 convertor, ISO 1600, f5.6, 1/800


Posted by simon manning on November 27, 2010 at 4:46 PM
Great stuff Karen really hard birds to find ,well done :toast:

Simon
Posted by Mark Green on November 27, 2010 at 5:06 PM
brilliant. well worth the wait i would say. those eyes are amazing and stand out so much against the background.

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mark.g
Posted by Mark Davies on November 27, 2010 at 5:52 PM
Ken said you had gone ,,,looks like a fruitful journey. :toast:
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on November 27, 2010 at 5:54 PM
Great shot Karen :toast:

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on November 27, 2010 at 6:08 PM
What a lovely capture :smile:
I like the light on the bird and the snowy BG.
Well done Karen.

Geoff.
Posted by John Robinson on November 27, 2010 at 6:58 PM
Very nice.
I would drop the ganmma a tad to give it a bit more punch.
JohnR
Posted by Paul King on November 27, 2010 at 8:15 PM
Very nice image Karen, all points working well together.
Posted by Barry Southon on November 27, 2010 at 9:36 PM
Karen

Stunner I like the eyes.
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Posted by Karen Summers on November 28, 2010 at 4:54 AM
Thanks everyone John haven t done much to it thats how it was and I like the wintery tone to it so decided not to give it any more punch else I might lose that look to it
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on November 28, 2010 at 4:54 AM
Hi Karen a very nice image.

Phil.


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Posted by Paul Rosser on November 28, 2010 at 5:31 AM
Very very nice image Karen, must admit to a tiny bit of jealousy! Well ok lots really :biggrin: . A great image!! :toast: :toast: :toast:
Paul Rosser. :wavey:
Posted by Ben Gardner on November 28, 2010 at 8:14 AM
nice image, those eyes are fabulous.
Posted by Malcolm Muir on November 28, 2010 at 8:33 AM
Excellent Karen

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Posted by Ian Mason on November 28, 2010 at 10:39 AM
A beauty! I'm very jealous too as I haven't seen one for two years!
Posted by PhilH on November 28, 2010 at 11:03 AM
Very nice indeed... the tones really suit the image

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Posted by keith mitchell on November 28, 2010 at 11:34 AM
Hi Karen .
Karen that's a good shot,recon i might have seen these posts before.
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Keith.
Posted by Dale Sutton on November 28, 2010 at 12:52 PM
A stunner Karen, One of my all time favorite birds.

Dale :toast: :toast:
Posted by Roy Bailey on November 28, 2010 at 2:54 PM
Background colour is very nice and makes the shot for me. Nice pose and snow stuck to post give a nice winter feel. :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on November 29, 2010 at 5:43 AM
Great portrait, Karen. Lovely colours and the eyes are wonderful. :smile:
Posted by Karen Summers on November 29, 2010 at 6:08 AM
Thanks everyone, Jules I was using that ISO because the birds were flying and light was poor so didn t have nothing to lose so upped the ISO wouldn t use 1600 if I can help it, didn t expect it to land and no time to change the ISO, if I was just waiting to photograph a perched bird I wouldn t have been using 1600
Posted by Karen Summers on November 29, 2010 at 8:31 AM
Sorry Jules I should really say I am going to sound thick now but am never sure what percentage to say, it is cropped but not by much I could have gone for a landscape shot to with a bit more habitat in it, which my next image will have of one in flight, so for the conditions of the light I was quite pleased with the result I just run a light noise reduction just on the background which to be honest wasn t to bad it just give a more smooth look