Long-eared Owl - Asio otus
Canon 600mm f4 for 1/1000th @ iso400
I like this image but I can't say it does not come with some regret and a degree of laziness and or forgetfulness on my part !
1/1000th plus 2/3rd stop - why was it taken at plus 2/3rds well the owl had been in the sky before this shot and landed somewhere in the grass, I left the EV setting, partly due my negligence and also as I was listening to Peters full frame wren shot he had got, nothing remarkable about a full frame Wren photo you may think, but the full frame wren had a stoat behind it and the Wren was in the stoats mouth - one of those lucky shots I guess, he had been at one of his usual haunts, Inner Marsh Farm and the Stoat and its hapless victim had come along the viewing screen of the hide !!
The point I am getting to is if I had dropped the EV back - I would have been able to gain over 1/2000th and freeze both wings, instead of gaining some motion blur, all down to personal preference I guess - but the eyes of the LEO and in particular the colour of those eyes are something to behold.
If there is ever a next time.....
I like this image but I can't say it does not come with some regret and a degree of laziness and or forgetfulness on my part !
1/1000th plus 2/3rd stop - why was it taken at plus 2/3rds well the owl had been in the sky before this shot and landed somewhere in the grass, I left the EV setting, partly due my negligence and also as I was listening to Peters full frame wren shot he had got, nothing remarkable about a full frame Wren photo you may think, but the full frame wren had a stoat behind it and the Wren was in the stoats mouth - one of those lucky shots I guess, he had been at one of his usual haunts, Inner Marsh Farm and the Stoat and its hapless victim had come along the viewing screen of the hide !!
The point I am getting to is if I had dropped the EV back - I would have been able to gain over 1/2000th and freeze both wings, instead of gaining some motion blur, all down to personal preference I guess - but the eyes of the LEO and in particular the colour of those eyes are something to behold.
If there is ever a next time.....