{"id":36257,"date":"2015-12-31T05:35:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T12:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=36257"},"modified":"2015-12-31T05:35:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T12:35:08","slug":"three-consecutive-shots-of-a-barn-owl-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/31\/three-consecutive-shots-of-a-barn-owl-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Consecutive Shots Of A Barn Owl In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Head-on flight shots of owls have often been baited. This\u00a0bird most assuredly was not.<\/p>\n

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\"barn<\/p>\n

1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I photographed this\u00a0owl recently at Bear River MBR. It was hunting near the road in front of me so I pulled over and angled my pickup for a lucky shot or two\u00a0just in case it came my way. I really didn’t expect that to happen but the owl surprised me as it did a slow but\u00a0complete 180 degree turn and came right back\u00a0at me.<\/p>\n

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\"barn<\/p>\n

1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was able to get an entire series of shots as it did so. The bird was somewhat side-lit so the left eye was always shaded and many shots had no catch light in either eye but in this series of three consecutive images in a burst the owl looked up slightly which gave me light in its right eye.<\/p>\n

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\"barn<\/p>\n

1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was quite pleased with this series for a variety of reasons that include\u00a0a background that is more interesting than plain blue (or white) sky and the wing positions that include wings-horizontal, wings-down and wings-up.<\/p>\n

I rotated the last two of these images to make the owl level in flight (as I believe it really was) but in the first shot I didn’t have enough room on one of the sides of the frame\u00a0to rotate without adding canvas so I chose too present the bird at a slight angle. In the excitement of the moment I really don’t know if my camera was level when I took these shots or not. That often happens when I’m shooting from my pickup (as I nearly always do).<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This Barn Owl was hunting near the road in front of me so I pulled over and angled my pickup for a lucky shot or two just in case the bird came my way.<\/p>\n

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