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Short Eared Owl

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted January 9, 2011227 views17 comments

Had another try for the owls today but same old story (for me anyway) they came out to late we only had a few minutes of decent light.It didn t come as close as I would have liked but will not give up and one day I will get the shot I long for.Have gone for this crop as the bg was all the same don t know if it works.

Canon 1DMK4, Canon 500f4L + 1.4 convertor, ISO 800, f5.6, 1/500

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Phil Ellard on January 9, 2011 at 4:31 PM

You are having more success with SEOs than me

i think this crop works and the bird is detailed enough. Its a good shot. But I know what you mean I am still trying to take the flying barn owl shots Ive got in my mind, dont even get me started on my SEO ambitions!

Good luck and look foward to seeing your killer SEO shot

Registered on December 17, 2010, 60 Posts, 634 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Fisher on January 10, 2011 at 5:59 AM

Karen,

Looks like the light you did have was fantastic. Crop works well.

Rob

Registered on October 15, 2006, 1 Posts, 27 Comments

Comment posted by eric weight on January 10, 2011 at 6:08 AM

I like this one Karen the pano works very well and the light is lovely.
It's great to keep chasing the one in your mind, we have to have ambition or else it isn't worth going. I do find that it is easy to scoot through your images when you get home and be unhappy with them because they weren't what you wanted only to discover one day in the future that they weren't anywhere near as bad as you thought, they just hadn't been what you were after at the time.

eric

Registered on December 4, 2007, 10 Posts, 70 Comments

Comment posted by David Sewell on January 10, 2011 at 10:31 AM

I hope you get the shot you are after, Karen. In the meanwhile, I like the crop and lighting on this one.

David

Registered on September 10, 2008, 63 Posts, 801 Comments

Comment posted by Austin Thomas on January 10, 2011 at 12:18 PM

The crop suits this one Karen and I am sure you will get THAT image.

Cheers

Austin

Registered on March 7, 2008, 45 Posts, 207 Comments

Comment posted by Bob Johnson on January 10, 2011 at 1:20 PM

The crop works for me Karen. Cannot wait for your top shot

Bob

Registered on December 8, 2010, 17 Posts, 169 Comments

Comment posted by Roy Bailey on January 10, 2011 at 2:14 PM

Every thing works very well here. the underwing is lit perfectly.I like the composition and the background sets off very nicely.

Registered on November 16, 2008, 24 Posts, 486 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Mason on January 10, 2011 at 3:27 PM

Works well for me Karen! If anything, I think you could give a little more space on the bottom.

Registered on December 14, 2005, 399 Posts, 2305 Comments

Comment posted by Shaun Simpson on January 10, 2011 at 3:59 PM

I really like this shot Karen, very nice indeed, I really like panos and this is a good one

Registered on June 6, 2010, 12 Posts, 110 Comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on January 10, 2011 at 4:38 PM

Very nice indeed.
Might get one in me gardin !

Cheers
JohnR

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Haskell on January 10, 2011 at 4:59 PM

Nice. You'll have to get your SEOs a new alarm clock.

Ian

Registered on October 30, 2008, 24 Posts, 673 Comments

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on January 10, 2011 at 5:55 PM

An excellent capture Karen

Works for me.
I'm sure you'll get the shot you're after but I reckon even then you'll keep trying to better that one also

Well done.

Geoff.

Registered on August 20, 2010, 192 Posts, 980 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Fletcher on January 10, 2011 at 6:23 PM

I'm not too sure about this one at all, it seems to me to be neither one thing or the other, neither a study of an Owl nor an " in environment shot", as they seem to call images taken from too far away these days.

Registered on January 10, 2011, 0 Posts, 6 Comments

Comment posted by Sandra Hendrikse on January 11, 2011 at 3:31 AM

Pano crop works very well. Great and well composed image with gorgeous light.

Registered on January 23, 2008, 48 Posts, 769 Comments

Comment posted by Karen Summers on January 11, 2011 at 6:35 AM

Thanks everyone appreciate the input just trying to venture out my comfort zone and try something different with the cropping

Registered on December 3, 2009, 83 Posts, 818 Comments

Comment posted by Kim Connolly on January 13, 2011 at 11:15 AM

Works for me - a splendid shot.

Registered on June 18, 2008, 14 Posts, 226 Comments

Comment posted by Alan Bryant on January 13, 2011 at 2:46 PM

For the few minutes you had you have taken full advantage of it

Lovely light on the subject.And the pano crop works great on that BG.

Great image

Registered on March 31, 2006, 473 Posts, 1081 Comments