Burrowing Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted July 6, 2010330 views11 comments

I managed a whole series (in reasonable focus) of this burrowing owl as he/she flew overhead, apparently to distract me from a nearby burrow. This may not be the most detailed of the series, but I really liked the full wing extension. This is cropped to about 40% of frame.

D3s, 200-400 @400, iso 500, 1/1000, f7.1

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Peter Conway on July 6, 2010 at 4:03 PM

Hi Lon, This is the first in-flight I have seen of one. Beautiful face and great eyes.

Peter

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 6, 2010 at 4:27 PM

Awesome - I've never seen a flight shot of this species. Especially impressive given just a 200-400 on a FF camera.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on July 6, 2010 at 5:45 PM

Neat! I know how difficult flight shots are of this species (having only one of my own and from way back in my film days).

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on July 6, 2010 at 10:41 PM

sweet shot, Lon! great to see one of these in flight--I like the spread wings and eye contact. very nice!

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Comment posted by Mike Dunn on July 6, 2010 at 11:18 PM

Lon, this is a very nice shot. I know how hard this is to get as i have been trying to capture my own. Having a burrow full of chcks definetely gets the parents excited.

Registered on April 6, 2008, 5 Posts, 39 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 6, 2010 at 11:25 PM

Very nice flight shot, Lon. They look a lot less comical on the wing that they do standing around. This one looks like he's all business.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 6, 2010 at 11:47 PM

Excellent in flight shot Lon! I spent a few hours out at burrows on Monday morning and managed a few flight shots, but none of them coming right at me. love the angle you have here!

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on July 7, 2010 at 9:11 PM

Terrific Lon! Love that he's coming right at you, and it's very nice lighting.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 8, 2010 at 4:36 PM

I really like the look the owl is giving in this image, very nice and rare in flight shot, well done.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on July 8, 2010 at 10:55 PM

Nice one Lon - certainly looks sharp

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Manjot Singh on September 13, 2012 at 2:10 PM

Nice Shot Lon specially very difficult against light and track the subject .. Awesome!

Registered on May 10, 2012, 25 Posts, 66 Comments