Whitefaced Owl in a Redbilled Buffalo Weaver nest

[Douglas Bolt]

Canon 7D, Canon 100-400@363, 1/100s, f7.1, ISO 400, +2.33, HH. The owl had taken over a Redbilled Buffalo Weaver nest located near the Santawani Camp in the Okavango Delta. Huge crop!

[Iain Barker]

Hi Douglas

This is a species I have not seen before. I like the composition and the exposure looks good.
The subject itself looks a little blurred which looks like camera shake due to the 1/100 shutter speed. I might not have been as noticeable with less of a crop.

TFS
Iain

[Douglas Bolt]

I certainly agree about the blur. It was cropped a lot and I'm sure there is some camera shake. I was in the back of a Land Rover with the motor running.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Neat species, and the eyes are so mesmerizing! Agree on the blur caused by camera shake...even with IS it doesn't take much to get that, including a running engine.

[arash_hazeghi]

what an amazing owl, too bad the IQ did not hold.