{"id":3291,"date":"2011-11-29T17:56:39","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T00:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=3291"},"modified":"2011-12-22T16:29:31","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T23:29:31","slug":"just-a-shot-that-i-like-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/29\/just-a-shot-that-i-like-5-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Just A Shot That I Like… #5 – Great Horned Owl In Tamarisk"},"content":{"rendered":"

We recently found a Great Horned Owl that likes to hang out\u00a0in some tamarisk close to the Great Salt Lake.\u00a0 Usually the owl is deeply buried in the foliage and can’t even be seen unless you know where to look but of course getting clear shots of the bird is impossible in that situation.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0However on cold early mornings this bird likes to get a little warming sun and has found one spot where it’s open enough that it can soak in some rays and still feel safe and hidden by the enclosing tamarisk.\u00a0 By careful maneuvering I can get a relatively clear view of the owl from a close vantage point (without disturbing it).\u00a0\u00a0 It’s a busy setting for the bird but I like that the spot it has\u00a0chosen to warm up in is so dense with leaves that they almost seem to wrap protectively around the owl.<\/p>\n

\u00a0We’ve had several opportunities with this\u00a0bird in exactly the same spot over the last couple of weeks.\u00a0 At least\u00a0we thought<\/em>\u00a0it\u00a0was a single bird but then yesterday\u00a0sharp-eyed Mia noticed (while editing and culling \u00a0images) that the plumages don’t match from day-to-day.\u00a0 There\u00a0are two<\/em> owls\u00a0<\/em>that use this spot and we have photos of both of them.\u00a0 A pleasant surprise!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ron\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We recently found a Great Horned Owl that likes to hang out\u00a0in some tamarisk close to the Great Salt Lake.\u00a0 Usually the owl is deeply buried in the foliage and can’t even be seen unless you know where to look but of course getting clear shots of the bird is impossible in that situation.   \u00a01\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 500,\u00a0500 f\/4, 1.4 tc\u00a0 \u00a0However on cold early mornings this bird likes to get a little warming sun and has found one spot where it’s open enough that it can soak in some rays and still feel safe and hidden by the enclosing tamarisk.\u00a0 By careful maneuvering I can get a relatively clear view of the owl from a close vantage point (without disturbing it).\u00a0\u00a0 It’s a busy setting for the bird but I like that the spot it has\u00a0chosen to warm up in is so dense with leaves that they almost seem to wrap protectively around the owl. \u00a0We’ve had several opportunities with this\u00a0bird in exactly the same spot over the last couple of weeks.\u00a0 At least\u00a0we thought\u00a0it\u00a0was a single bird but then yesterday\u00a0sharp-eyed Mia noticed (while editing and culling \u00a0images) that the plumages don’t match from day-to-day.\u00a0 There\u00a0are two owls\u00a0that use this spot and we have photos of both of them.\u00a0 A pleasant surprise!\u00a0 Ron\u00a0<\/p>\n

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