{"id":38559,"date":"2016-04-04T05:15:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T11:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=38559"},"modified":"2016-04-04T05:41:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T11:41:19","slug":"short-eared-owl-a-topsy-turvy-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/04\/short-eared-owl-a-topsy-turvy-takeoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-eared Owl – A Topsy-turvy Takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning this Short-eared Owl showed me a new wrinkle in takeoff angles.<\/p>\n

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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 found the\u00a0bird perched on a post in Box Elder County, Utah. This\u00a0owl and several others were quite cooperative but I wish I could say the same for the clouds and light. As you’ll notice in these images both the light and my shutter speeds were fluctuating wildly and swiftly\u00a0which had a dramatic effect on the quickly changing backgrounds. As I waited for this bird to take off my shutter speed varied from 1\/2500 to 1\/8000 sec.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

The owls I photographed yesterday morning were hunting\u00a0voles from fence posts so when they took off after prey the rodents were usually quite close to the post which sometimes made for unusual-looking takeoffs. At this point the\u00a0launch looks\u00a0fairly typical\u00a0but at the last second…<\/p>\n

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1\/8000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

the owl used its legs to push its rump up which dramatically changed the angle of the body of the bird as it lifted off. This is a takeoff\u00a0posture that I’ve never before photographed in a Short-eared Owl so I was very happy to capture it.<\/p>\n

I never did see one of these owls capture prey but it wasn’t for lack of trying.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Yesterday morning this Short-eared Owl showed me a new wrinkle in takeoff angles.<\/p>\n

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