{"id":2365,"date":"2011-07-09T17:02:04","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T23:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=2365"},"modified":"2011-07-09T18:36:21","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T00:36:21","slug":"antelope-island-barn-owl-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/09\/antelope-island-barn-owl-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Antelope Island Barn Owl Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;ll be just a single image in today&#8217;s post &#8211; the majority of a large family of Barn Owls that are resident on Antelope Island this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/barn-owls-3084-1200pxl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2366\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/09\/antelope-island-barn-owl-family\/barn-owls-3084-1200pxl\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/barn-owls-3084-1200pxl.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,857\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"barn-owls-3084\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/barn-owls-3084-1200pxl-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/barn-owls-3084-1200pxl-1024x731.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2366\" title=\"barn-owls-3084\" src=\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/barn-owls-3084-1200pxl.jpg\" alt=\"barn-owls-3084\" width=\"1200\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/barn-owls-3084-1200pxl.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/barn-owls-3084-1200pxl-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/barn-owls-3084-1200pxl-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/barn-owls-3084-1200pxl-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/barn-owls-3084-1200pxl-400x285.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Canon 7D, 1\/80, f\/7.1, ISO 640, EV -1.00, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I have a special fondness for this species but like most avian\u00a0photographers\u00a0I&#8217;ve been frustrated by them because their almost strictly nocturnal habits make them extremely difficult to photograph (unless you use flash or some other form of artificial light, which I won&#8217;t do).\u00a0 Occasionally I&#8217;ve been able to find one out and about during daytime in winter but that&#8217;s a relatively rare occurrence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is four of a family group of five or six that hang out on the north end of the island.\u00a0 They are such striking and\u00a0beautiful birds (in my opinion)\u00a0that I find it a bit incongruous that they insist on\u00a0roosting in the mornings on this decidedly unattractive perch.\u00a0 But hey, if they like it &#8211; so do I.\u00a0\u00a0Well, sort of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Since this post consists of only one image I decided to make it\u00a01200 pixels wide\u00a0instead\u00a0of my usual 900.\u00a0 Personally I always enjoy larger versions of images for their better detail.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ron\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;ll be just a single image in today&#8217;s post &#8211; the majority of a large family of Barn Owls that are resident on Antelope Island this summer.\u00a0 &nbsp; Canon 7D, 1\/80, f\/7.1, ISO 640, EV -1.00, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc I have a special fondness for this species but like most avian\u00a0photographers\u00a0I&#8217;ve been frustrated by them because their almost strictly nocturnal habits make them extremely difficult to photograph (unless you use flash or some other form of artificial light, which I won&#8217;t do).\u00a0 Occasionally I&#8217;ve been able to find one out and about during daytime in winter but that&#8217;s a relatively rare occurrence.\u00a0 This is four of a family group of five or six that hang out on the north end of the island.\u00a0 They are such striking and\u00a0beautiful birds (in my opinion)\u00a0that I find it a bit incongruous that they insist on\u00a0roosting in the mornings on this decidedly unattractive perch.\u00a0 But hey, if they like it &#8211; 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