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ISO 1600, 1/100s (ish), f2.8 300mm at or just after sunset - it was very dark. Tricky to pull a lot out of these - ISO1600 is pushing it. I was amazed to get AF lock in the gloom. Hand-held panning 5Kg of lens and camera with a knackered elbow was challenging!
There were 3 owls hunting over the same patch of scrub land - hence the weird crop for #1 - the patch on the right is another owl! Here's a more conventional crop with the tone warmed up:
I especially like that first one, either with or without the crop and warming. You've managed to capture the eyes looking straight at you, head and eyes good and sharp as well as wing movement and a beautiful bokeh.
That was quite a load you were carrying and panning! Well worth the effort though.
I especially like that first one, either with or without the crop and warming. You've managed to capture the eyes looking straight at you, head and eyes good and sharp as well as wing movement and a beautiful bokeh.
That was quite a load you were carrying and panning! Well worth the effort though.
Pol
Thank you - as you can imagine, there were a lot of duds!
Thank you - as you can imagine, there were a lot of duds!
I'm sure there would be but by heck it was worth persevering. I'm seriously impressed you managed to pan and stay on yer feet with that heavy kit too ... or did ya get a bit mucky once or twice?
I've just been drooling over your badger shot too. It's a belter - fabulous shot and also in a beautiful setting with spot on lighting. I occasionally see a badger at dusk when they waddle up our garden path but never had anything even remotely in same league as yours.
I'm sure there would be but by heck it was worth persevering. I'm seriously impressed you managed to pan and stay on yer feet with that heavy kit too ... or did ya get a bit mucky once or twice?
I've just been drooling over your badger shot too. It's a belter - fabulous shot and also in a beautiful setting with spot on lighting. I occasionally see a badger at dusk when they waddle up our garden path but never had anything even remotely in same league as yours.
Thanks for that info. I didn't know they couldn't see red light very well. Ours don't come every night, it's very hit and miss for them to visit. I just happened to lucky enough to spot them one time when there was still sufficient daylight. I was also fortunate enough to have the camera handy with a 300mm F.4 (Pentax) so at least I got one or two good enough for prints.
They're gorgeous animals though. It amuses me to watch them waddle and always amazes me how fast they can take off and run. Funny tails flying out behind when they run.
Thanks for that info. I didn't know they couldn't see red light very well. Ours don't come every night, it's very hit and miss for them to visit. I just happened to lucky enough to spot them one time when there was still sufficient daylight. I was also fortunate enough to have the camera handy with a 300mm F.4 (Pentax) so at least I got one or two good enough for prints.
They're gorgeous animals though. It amuses me to watch them waddle and always amazes me how fast they can take off and run. Funny tails flying out behind when they run.
Pol
They can certainly shift when they want to. You can bait the area with peanuts, peanut butter, raisins. I found peanut butter on hot-cross buns works really well!
They can certainly shift when they want to. You can bait the area with peanuts, peanut butter, raisins. I found peanut butter on hot-cross buns works really well!
Ours enjoy peanuts and they're ecstatic if there are any small cubes of bread or crackers with honey. The one I photographed stayed ages and chomped its way through a selection we'd left out for the foxes. It was full of good quality stuff as we'd been treating the foxes for Mange. So there were loads of Sultanas, cubed sarnies with honey, peanut butter and Marmite in addition to a handful of Tesco Premium dog food. It was actually very funny to watch.
Here's one of the pics I posted in my gallery - nowt like yours but it shows it having a feast at the foxes feeding tray.
Ours enjoy peanuts and they're ecstatic if there are any small cubes of bread or crackers with honey. The one I photographed stayed ages and chomped its way through a selection we'd left out for the foxes. It was full of good quality stuff as we'd been treating the foxes for Mange. So there were loads of Sultanas, cubed sarnies with honey, peanut butter and Marmite in addition to a handful of Tesco Premium dog food. It was actually very funny to watch.
Here's one of the pics I posted in my gallery - nowt like yours but it shows it having a feast at the foxes feeding tray.
Oh wow - I've been on a falconry evening, and ok I only had a compact then, but the results were truly abysmal! And I always seem to be in the car when the owls fly past.
Very impressed, particularly by the toned version of the first shot.
Oh wow - I've been on a falconry evening, and ok I only had a compact then, but the results were truly abysmal! And I always seem to be in the car when the owls fly past.
Very impressed, particularly by the toned version of the first shot.
I would be useless at the ones in the wild without the practice from the falconry centres - my local one is The Raptor Foundation, St. Ives, Cambs. Takes a lot of practice...
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