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<\/p>\nI learned something this morning.\u00a0 It will likely seem inconsequential to others but it was sort of a big deal for me.<\/p>\n
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\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, natural light, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n A few minutes ago, while processing\u00a0this recent Barn Owl\u00a0image, I was once again struck by how short and stubby the square\u00a0tail of this species is, especially when compared to the length of the wings.\u00a0 And then some faint memory from long ago popped into my head.<\/p>\n Bingo!\u00a0 Now it all made sense.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a01\/320, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc,\u00a0natural light, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n By coincidence, exactly 5 years ago today I posted this image to an online nature photography critique forum (Nature Photographers Network or NPN).\u00a0 At the time I was just becoming serious about my bird photography and I took the critiques I got on that forum to heart – trying to learn from my mistakes and improve my skills.<\/p>\n In the version of the\u00a0photo I submitted to NPN I didn’t recognize the “structure” marked with the red arrow as\u00a0 being part of the bird so I had cropped the image in such a manner that I “clipped” the tip of that structure.\u00a0 The critiques I got from the members of the forum “dinged” me for it, and rightfully so.\u00a0 They all said that I had clipped the tail and in my inexperience I assumed they were right and went on with my life.\u00a0 But I felt pretty silly to have made such a stupid mistake for the “whole world” to see.<\/p>\n But this morning I realized that they were partly incorrect.\u00a0 It wasn’t the tail I had clipped (marked here with a white arrow), but the right wing-tip instead.\u00a0 It had been bent upwards slightly by the snowy perch so that we see the underside of it, which is why I hadn’t recognized it as being the wing-tip (combined with the fact that at the time I didn’t realize just how short the tail of a Barn Owl actually was).<\/p>\n Much ado about nothing, I know.\u00a0 But for me it’s another step in the learning process – about my subjects and about paying attention to details.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I learned something this morning.\u00a0 It will likely seem inconsequential to others but it was sort of a big deal for me. \u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, natural light, not baited, set up or called in A few minutes ago, while processing\u00a0this recent Barn Owl\u00a0image, I was once again struck by how short and stubby the square\u00a0tail of this species is, especially when compared to the length of the wings.\u00a0 And then some faint memory from long ago popped into my head. Bingo!\u00a0 Now it all made sense. \u00a01\/320, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc,\u00a0natural light, not baited, set up or called in By coincidence, exactly 5 years ago today I posted this image to an online nature photography critique forum (Nature Photographers Network or NPN).\u00a0 At the time I was just becoming serious about my bird photography and I took the critiques I got on that forum to heart – trying to learn from my mistakes and improve my skills. In the version of the\u00a0photo I submitted to NPN I didn’t recognize the “structure” marked with the red arrow as\u00a0 being part of the bird so I had cropped the image in such a manner that I “clipped” the tip of that structure.\u00a0 The critiques I got from the members of the forum “dinged” me for it, and rightfully so.\u00a0 They all said that I had clipped the tail and in my inexperience I assumed they were right and went on with my life.\u00a0 But I felt pretty silly…<\/p>\n![\"barn](\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/barn-owl-5442-ron-dudley.jpg\")
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