Northern Hawk Owl with prey

Posted by BillyMacD on Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:15 pm

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A Northern Hawk Owl coming into land with a freshly caught rodent. Taken in Northern Ontario on Dec 11th 2019.

Sometimes it's a case of the right place at the right time - I was watching this beauty in the tree when he/she dove down and nailed the vole, then after a brief stop above me, headed to another tree where this shot was taken. Nature at it's best !!

I used a Canon 5Dmk4 with an EF500 Mk2 - mounted on a tripod

ISO 800 - 1/500 - f10

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by Gene Gwin on Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:51 pm

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BillyMacD, Good timing. Pretty sharp considering you were only 1/500 sec. Maybe you could have sacrificed a little depth of field for shutter speed?

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by BillyMacD on Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:48 pm

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Gene Gwin wrote:BillyMacD, Good timing. Pretty sharp considering you were only 1/500 sec. Maybe you could have sacrificed a little depth of field for shutter speed?

Thank you for the appropriate advice ... just before this image was taken, I had just finished making an exposure change (to what this shot was exposed at) for a static shot in an adjacent tree, when it headed over to the next tree (shot) - if only they would send us an email as to what their next move is LOL. I was still pretty happy with the outcome ...

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by Gene Gwin on Wed Dec 11, 2019 8:32 pm

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BillyMacD wrote:
Gene Gwin wrote:BillyMacD, Good timing. Pretty sharp considering you were only 1/500 sec. Maybe you could have sacrificed a little depth of field for shutter speed?
Thank you for the appropriate advice ... just before this image was taken, I had just finished making an exposure change (to what this shot was exposed at) for a static shot in an adjacent tree, when it headed over to the next tree (shot) - if only they would send us an email as to what their next move is LOL. I was still pretty happy with the outcome ...

BillyMacD, I've been there--know exactly what you're talking about....

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by Dan Kearl on Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:11 pm

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Angle is a bit steep and shutter speed mentioned, but I would take this in a heartbeat....

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by Ron Day on Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:21 pm