Barn Owl

[Alan Murphy]

Barn Owl

Workshop: S. Texas

D810, 24mm, ISO 400, f13, 1/200, dual flash @ 1/32pwr, PhotoTrap triggered

At laguna Seca Ranch, we designed Barn Owl nest boxes with photography in mind. A year after installing them we had a pair feeding young while I was there working last week. I set up my gear each night and came back in the morning to see the images I captured. I will have more detail on the setup in my next newsletter coming out this week.

[Marina Scarr]

Holy ****, this is amazing, Alan. Can't wait to learn more. What an impressive set up and image. Love the BG sky and the flash worked flawlessly.

[Jack Breakfast]

This is impossibly lovely, I must say. The tones are painterly. The action is dazzling. More, please!

[Lorant Voros]

Wow and wow. Impressive! Can't wait to read the news letter.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

This is freaking amazing. Awesome pose, eye contact, BG and the prey item takes this over the top! And did you say 24mm?? Again wow! TFS.

[Doug Lambert]

Fantastic! I love everything about the photo.

Doug

[Loi Nguyen]

Alan, what an incredible shot! Love the dramatic sky behind the owl and the natural prey. Loi

[christopher galeski]

very nice capture,love the pose,and a great BG.

[Raybel Robles]

Amazing work Alan! Love the sky in the BG!

[Jonathan Ashton]

What a stunner the owl is amazing, then it has prey and then there is a hint of beautiful sky, that is a terrific shot well done.

[sasan nejadi]

As always beautiful

[keith mitchell]

Alan it's all been said but that dramatic bit of sky takes it over the top for me,excellent.

[Mervyn Marsh]

10/10 very cool indeed, nice use of flash, sweet that it's got dinner, the sky looks cool, and the birds flight pose is great also.
well done

[shane shacaluga]

Gobsmacked! What an image!! Looking forward to that newsletter

TFS

[Karl Egressy]

What an amazing shot, Alan. I admire the preparation, planning and work went into this image.

[Joe Subolefsky]

Beautiful shot Alan!

[Binu John]

Wow! Stunning shot, Alan! Excellent pose and exposure. Love that dramatic sky in the BG and the prey item. TFS.

[gail bisson]

I second what Keith said- the sky takes this to a whole new level!
Gail

[Sharon Hallowell]

Even though it's a setup, your skill shines through! The sky, the prey, the pose...all top notch! You nailed it! Sharon

[dankearl]

This is just showing off.....
Terrific work.

[William Giokas]

Outstanding shot. Bill

[Kirk Benson]

Hmmmm.... I'm going to predict that this image has a good chance of winning "Image of the __________" :S3:

Brilliant setup, execution, and capture... and a real pleasure to see Alan.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent image by all counts, it takes a lot of patience and technique to get a frame like this

TFS