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A passing Barn Owl (w)

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Posted by Vincent Jones on April 30, 2006 at 1:24 PM
A passing Barn Owl (w)
Taken the other day at a site where I have positioned at a safe distance an observation hide, observations are an important link to a section of my work, this being the monitoring of nest sites in support of the species.

D2X - 400mm AFS using tripod
ISO 100, F4, 1/1000sec

Its nice to see the image upload lifted to 720 instead of 640, looks much better :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on April 30, 2006 at 2:15 PM
Great shot Vince-Shows the wonderful colouration in the feathering-Deeply envious-Dreadful job you have :toast:
Posted by Vincent Jones on April 30, 2006 at 2:25 PM
Hi Dave :wavey: thanks for the positive feedback :toast: With regards to being envious of this dreadful job I have, wanna swap so I can have a go at climbing that huge mountain near you, looking back on my life I don't think I have ever been above 20ft :eek:
Posted by Dennis Alden on April 30, 2006 at 2:38 PM
Superb image Vince - nice to see an image of an Owl that is not staring directly into tyhe lens (musch as I like those shots!)

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dennis
Posted by Sean Bolton on April 30, 2006 at 3:14 PM
Hi Vince

A superb flight shot, with pin sharp focus point on the head/eye area. Great light on the owl, and the letterbox format crop works well.

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cheers

Sean
Posted by James Blair on April 30, 2006 at 3:17 PM
Superb picture, flawlless. :rolleyes:
Posted by Tim Munsey on April 30, 2006 at 4:25 PM
All in a days work eh. Its so sharp, outstanding stuff.

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Tim
Posted by Justin on April 30, 2006 at 4:39 PM
Outstanding result :toast: :toast:
Posted by Kevin Lewis on April 30, 2006 at 6:43 PM
.....looking back on my life I don't think I have ever been above 20ft ....

You get a nosebleed above f5.6 Vince :biggrin:

ps beautiful image, but you know that :smile:
Posted by Peter Barritt on May 1, 2006 at 2:36 AM
superb vince. now you are thinking commercial try getting a few more...one vertical, one horizontal and one with loads more space for the bird to fly into. editors love text! what's the minimum shutter speed for a flying owl? if you could drop that a bit could you get the wings sharp too? stunning photo. cheers Pete
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on May 1, 2006 at 6:04 AM
Hi vince,well its all been said,you can't get much better...... :toast:..... Superb

Barrie
Posted by Paul Gibbs on May 1, 2006 at 7:09 AM
Nice shot, love the warm colours, suggests you shot in the evening/dawn? Good shutter speed for ISO 100 though if it was. Barn owls have such lovely plumage.
Posted by Elliott Neep on May 1, 2006 at 12:12 PM
What a cracker! My flight shots are far more distant and with such warmth in the colours... really, very nice.
Posted by PhilH on May 2, 2006 at 3:40 AM
Super.....

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Posted by John Chapman on May 2, 2006 at 5:14 AM
Hi Vincent
great flight shot of the Barn Owl.
John
Aberdeen :wavey: