{"id":37674,"date":"2016-02-23T05:17:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T12:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=37674"},"modified":"2016-02-23T05:29:45","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T12:29:45","slug":"barn-owl-coming-my-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/23\/barn-owl-coming-my-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Barn Owl Coming My Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unless we get a\u00a0cold snap very soon I likely won’t be photographing Barn Owls in flight again this season so I thought they deserved one last look.<\/p>\n

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\"barn1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I photographed this one two months ago at Bear River MBR as it hunted one of the canal edges just after dawn. Barn Owls are the most trusting\u00a0birds of\u00a0prey\u00a0I photograph in flight. Most raptors\u00a0veer away long before they get near my pickup but if one of these owls has a destination in mind it doesn’t seem to care if I’m in\u00a0or near\u00a0its path,\u00a0it just continues on its way. I’ve often had Barn Owls fly within about 30′ of\u00a0my pickup and when they do they typically\u00a0don’t even seem to be concerned enough to look my way. The real trick to\u00a0photographing them in flight is finding them in the first place.<\/p>\n

I like several things about this image including the soft warm light on the owl, the layered background at bottom, the complementary colors of bird and vegetation, the catch light in the owl’s eye (difficult to get in this species)\u00a0and the feeling of peacefulness and tranquility\u00a0the image gives me. I can almost hear the quiet of the refuge at that time of morning.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

Note: Recently I’ve had a life-altering event.\u00a0A runaway metal post (it couldn’t have been MY fault…)\u00a0bashed the left rear quarter panel of my pickup and left a minor dent that has been driving me nuts so it’ll be in the shop for the next few days for body work. This is a big deal for me. I haven’t been without a pickup for years and I’m feeling pretty vulnerable and out-of-place in my little puddle-jumper Kia rental that seemingly drags my butt on the pavement when I’m driving it. <\/em><\/p>\n

I only mention this because the Kia isn’t set up for bird photography (my lens caddy won’t work in it for example but there are also other issues) so at this point I’m unsure if I’ll be photographing birds again before\u00a0Thursday.\u00a0The timing is particularly unfortunate because there’s a\u00a0tall\u00a0fence between me and the kingfisher I’ve been photographing and the Kia isn’t high enough for me to shoot over it. I just know the kingfisher will be\u00a0gone by the time I get my pickup back and it’ll be another 900 years before I get another chance at one…\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

All this may\u00a0alter the “flavor” of Feathered Photography for a few days.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barn Owls are the most trusting birds of prey I photograph in flight.<\/p>\n

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