Shy but Curios Owlets
by Marina Scarr
These Screech Owlets were initially a bit shy as evidenced by this image. They quickly became curious of sights and sounds surrounding their cavity and spent hours sitting at the edge of it each night until they branched. In this image, I would say they are nearing 3 weeks old. There was a third, younger owlet which had more whitish fuzz on its head. Much to my dismay, the entrance to the cavity wasn't large enough for all 3 to roost comfortably.
I found processing these images fairly tricky. Since these images were taken at night, it was difficult to decide how they looked best.
Canon 1D4, Canon 500L
F18, 1/200sec, ISO 320, manual mode
2 flash set up
Jobu head, Feisol tripod
C & C always most welcomed and much appreciated.
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