Burrowing Owl

[Rich Reich]

Burrowing Owl taken in Marco Island, FL near Tiger Tail Beach
Nikon D800, 80-400mm zoom at 400mm
ISO 1600, 1/60 sec, F5.6, tripod, 7:19 AM 3/24/13

Rich Reich

[Randy Stout]

Rich:

Good shooting angle, sharp and well exposed.

From a comp. standpoint, I might crop in from the right a bit, and it certainly could work as a vertical as well.

Was this with the new version of the 80-400?

Cheers

Randy

[Rich Reich]

This was the old version of the 80-400. Even though it doesn't focus quickly or in low light it appears to be capable of sharp images. Since I was on a tripod I had VR turned off.

[Troy Lim]

There must be some movement as it is blurry around the body.
Agree with Randy's assessment regarding the composition.

[Rich Reich]

I just went back to my metadata and saw that I did use a flash for fill set at -1 EV. The sun was just coming up and there wasn't a lot of light. I struggled with that 1/60th second exposure with a 400mm lens.