Short-Eared Owl


Posted by Mako_Elite on Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:02 am

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Shot in February 2017. This was late afternoon shot with sun getting really low. I waited for this light. I spotted 2 owls hunting on western part of the fields, so I moved closer, ducked down hiding in tall gras and waited for  one of them would fly closer. One of them did.
Camera was set in fully manual mode (my preferred). I took the reading of the grass that  was similar to owl's brightness. This way I didn't have to worry about good exposure when the owl would get backlight by sun.

1D4, EF300mm f/2.8L USM NON-IS
1/2000, ISO-500, f/2.8, handheld

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by Ron Day on Thu Mar 08, 2018 1:44 pm
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Beautiful backlight, Ludo, and attractive pose with the wings fully extended. Also, I enjoyed the story on how you got the shot. Very nice!
 

by Karl Egressy on Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:35 pm
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Great banking pose and n ice light, Ludo.
 

by Jeff Munoz on Thu Mar 08, 2018 11:46 pm
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You are killing me Ludo, BIF are not easy at all, perfectly executed!!!
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by Carol Clarke on Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:22 am
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Lovely action and sweet colour and light. Nicely done, Ludo!
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by david fletcher on Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:09 pm
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Ron Day wrote:Beautiful backlight, Ludo, and attractive pose with the wings fully extended. Also, I enjoyed the story on how you got the shot. Very nice!

As Ron said.  Plus one
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