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<\/p>\nThis is the only time I’ve ever been able to capture a series of photos of a\u00a0Barn Owl during the landing process.<\/p>\n
Photography conditions\u00a0were marginal for this bird\u00a0at Farmington Bay that day last October\u00a0because the light was harsh and\u00a0the bird was sidelit\u00a0so I didn’t get a catch light but I was still pleased to capture the action. I’ve posted one of these\u00a0photos\u00a0previously but I thought it might be interesting to see the three image\u00a0series.<\/p>\n
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1\/1600, f\/7.1, ISO 320, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n I’d been photographing this owl on the\u00a0sign when it took off after prey and I hoped it might return to the same perch so I prefocused on the sign and waited to see if wings would fill my viewfinder. They did and I captured a dynamic landing pose I really like (largely because of those hyper-extended legs and impressive talons)\u00a0so I was quite disappointed that the owl wasn’t as sharp as I prefer and the underwing whites are a little bright (though they aren’t blown). I decided to include it here anyway because I think it’s important to the context of this short series.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 320, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n The moment of touchdown. This is the image I posted previously.<\/p>\n I like to compare the positions of the feet relative to the post in these first two images, knowing that with my camera’s\u00a0burst rate exactly 1\/10 if a second has elapsed between the two shots.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/1600, f\/7.1, ISO 320, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Then the owl began to settle in on the sign post.<\/p>\n I try to never let the flight and landing processes of birds become ho-hum for me. That’s a danger because we see it so often but there’s so much concentration,\u00a0skill,\u00a0coordination and athleticism involved that it really is a marvel.<\/p>\n And for me when the bird is an owl of any species it’s something just a little extra-special.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the only time I’ve ever been able to capture a series of photos of a Barn Owl during the landing process.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/barn-owl-0076-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"barn-owl-0076-ron-dudley\\"")
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