{"id":41880,"date":"2016-09-02T05:31:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T11:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=41880"},"modified":"2016-09-02T05:31:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T11:31:27","slug":"short-eared-owl-a-takeoff-in-pastels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/02\/short-eared-owl-a-takeoff-in-pastels\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-eared Owl – A Takeoff In Pastels"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m revisiting Short-eared Owls this morning just because I miss them.<\/p>\n

This past spring and early\u00a0summer SEO’s were ubiquitous in the Promontory area (“Owl Alley”). It was the most dense and longest-lasting concentration of the species I’ve ever experienced but on my last two trips to the area I haven’t seen a single\u00a0one\u00a0and combined with a recent inquiry about them from Neil Rossmiller they’ve been on my mind – thus this post.<\/p>\n

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\"short-eared1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc,\u00a0not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I spent some time with this adult Short-eared Owl in the Promontory area in late May of this year. The bird was hunting voles from fence posts so I took some shots of it with my teleconverter attached for good close-up detail…<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM,\u00a0not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

and then removed the tc for takeoff so I wouldn’t clip any body parts when those long wings went up (and down).<\/p>\n

Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men…<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM,\u00a0not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sure enough, I clipped a wing anyway.<\/p>\n

I was disappointed in the clip because otherwise I like the image quite a lot – for its eye contact, wing posture, spread talons and flared tail. I also enjoy the\u00a0somewhat unusual and layered pastel colors in the background. These opportunities with owls don’t come along every day so it always stings when\u00a0I screw them up.<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong, I still like the photo – otherwise I wouldn’t have posted it. But I can’t help\u00a0but think\u00a0about what could have been.<\/p>\n

Images\u00a0like this always remind me of one of my core mantras – “Bird photography ain’t easy”.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This past spring and early summer SEO’s were ubiquitous in the Promontory area (“Owl Alley”). It was the most dense and longest-lasting concentration of the species I’ve ever experienced…<\/p>\n

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