Short-eared Owl(Asio flammeus)- Essex, UK
Canon 7D, 600/f4, Gitzo 3530LSV, Wimberley WH2.
Manual exposure mode f6.3; 1/1600, iso 400.
RAW image processed in Adobe Camera Raw; sharpened in Photoshop CS6; noise reduction using Noiseware Professional Imagenomic; full frame.
I spent most of the past winter, whenever the weather was suitable (sunny in the afternoon), trying to photograph Short-eared Owls. Given the time and effort that I put in, I didn't have much success. There were up to 3 birds present on the site where I do most of my photography throughout the winter and one of the birds is still present now. Although I got very close to the birds at times, these encounters were invariably at times when I was doing something else and I didn't have my camera with me. I set up a hide in one of the areas where the birds were regularly hunting and in the end I got a few shots that I'm happy with, of which this is one. Having removed the hide a few weeks ago, I sat in the car on Monday evening with binoculars watching a barn owl quartering the same area while the remaining seo sat in a bush looking on.
Posted by David Sewell on June 6, 2012 at 10:34 AM
A lot of SEOs hanging around in the southeast this year, probably because there are still a lot of voles and mice about. I like this one Phil, but I do think I would clone out that oof bit of plant on the left.
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9 repliesCanon 7D, 600/f4, Gitzo 3530LSV, Wimberley WH2.
Manual exposure mode f6.3; 1/1600, iso 400.
RAW image processed in Adobe Camera Raw; sharpened in Photoshop CS6; noise reduction using Noiseware Professional Imagenomic; full frame.
I spent most of the past winter, whenever the weather was suitable (sunny in the afternoon), trying to photograph Short-eared Owls. Given the time and effort that I put in, I didn't have much success. There were up to 3 birds present on the site where I do most of my photography throughout the winter and one of the birds is still present now. Although I got very close to the birds at times, these encounters were invariably at times when I was doing something else and I didn't have my camera with me. I set up a hide in one of the areas where the birds were regularly hunting and in the end I got a few shots that I'm happy with, of which this is one. Having removed the hide a few weeks ago, I sat in the car on Monday evening with binoculars watching a barn owl quartering the same area while the remaining seo sat in a bush looking on.
David
Bob
Can't fault it, Phil. The large version looks very good
Andy...
Matt
Keith.