Asio flammeus

Gallery: AvianPosted June 2, 2013149 views9 comments

Today I was driving towards a place where I would try the Tersina viridis. But in my way to the place, I found this short-eared owl, a species I love!

I think I should have tried some with ISO lower than 1600. But I liked the results.

Canon 7D + 300mm f/2.8 + TC 1.4x
f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 1600

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on June 2, 2013 at 11:32 PM

Sometimes everything just falls into place by itself. I like the setting that you found the Owl in, and he sure gave you a nice pose. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 3, 2013 at 3:30 AM

Jefferson,

Great pose here, ISO gave you the shutter speed that worked, some say that the 7D is not very good at high ISO

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Comment posted by Thomas Haney on June 3, 2013 at 8:58 AM

Very interesting portrait, and I love the background.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on June 3, 2013 at 9:02 AM

Thank you guys!

Ken, ISO 1600 is really not that good. I post-processed the image, reducing the noise as I could.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on June 3, 2013 at 2:37 PM

Nice job in spotting this wonderful opportunity and coming away with an excellent shot, well done.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 3, 2013 at 8:30 PM

Nice, Jefferson. Excellent image quality for pushing the 7D to 1600. Great job on the exposure against the bright bg.

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 4, 2013 at 6:38 PM

Love these guys. You nailed this shot and what a great setting.
May

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Comment posted by Marlise Launstein on June 10, 2013 at 3:56 PM

I love short-eared owls! When I see these kinds of birds there usually perched on fences or laying in the grass but I haven't seen them perched on this before!

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on June 16, 2013 at 7:42 AM

Thank you all for your comments

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