Barn Owl in morning light


Posted by Graeme Guy on Sun Jul 20, 2014 3:51 pm

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Adjacent to the car park of one of my favourite local photography locations is an old tree with a large cavity about 1/3 of the way up it.

In the pre-dawn light I had seen a large 'shadow' flying to the hole.

I stayed in the car park until the sun comes up because it affords a nice view of the sunrise. I had my camera mounted on a tripod ready for the days action when the sun rose giving that nice warm light. The rising sun shines directly onto the cavity in the tree. A car arrived with some noisy kids got out.....the 'shadow' emerged from the cavity to see what was going on....it was a barn owl and captured in beautiful morning light.


Canon EOS1DX, 800mm lens, f8, 1/500, on a  Gitzo tripod.


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Graeme
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by David J. Bogener on Sun Jul 20, 2014 4:49 pm
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Love the light and pose. A really nice barn owl image.
 

by LynnS on Sun Jul 20, 2014 5:21 pm
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Graeme, beautiful bird and image, really like the look back pose with the hanging bark (adds dimension) and the peek at the cavity home.
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by Karl Egressy on Sun Jul 20, 2014 5:56 pm
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Excellent light and nice pose, Graeme. Good way to start a day.
 

by KK Hui on Sun Jul 20, 2014 6:57 pm
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Fantastic shot with some beautiful light there, Graeme!
It's worth the wait ...
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by mikullashbee on Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:02 pm
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Beautiful shot Graeme.
Thanks for looking,
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by George Whalen on Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:20 pm
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Beauty
 

by shlomow on Sun Jul 20, 2014 11:29 pm
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Superb shot and beautiful colors of this nice Barn Owl.
 

by Homer on Mon Jul 21, 2014 1:33 am
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Wow,this sooo sweet
 

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