Barred Owlet with Prey (Snake)

[Dumay de Boulle]

I got lucky with this Barred Owlet and its prey. This was the one and only shot. I had the settings set from a previous sighting....fired off one shot and it flew off.

Canon 5D MKIII
Sigma 120-300 f2.8 OS @ 252mm
ISO 800
AV f2.8
Exp +0.33
Spot Metering

Thanks for looking

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dumay, what a great sighting, and love how the Owl pops against the night BG. Placement works well, and we have a good view of how the Owl is 'latched' onto his meal with his beak and foot. Did you use any spot light or flash, as the Owl is well illuminated?

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Dumay, any sighting of an owl is great in my book, lol, but at night, with a snake, superb! Looks well exposed and the PP likewise. I think the spot has provided a nice balance of warmth, to me if an additional flash was used then nicely done and I thought it was only Hilton & Brendon who shot at night .


Well done Bud, nice to see you posting.

TFS
Steve

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great photo with the prey.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks for the comments folks...No flash used just a standard safari spot light.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Dumay - Apparently one shot was all you needed. Nicely done. The snake takes this to another level. Good use of the spot. It looks great against the dark bg.

TFS,
Rachel

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi Dumay, great shot here and the spot metering works well with the white. Tack sharp and good DOF for f 2.8. The snake was a real bonus. Was the light source a white or yellow spot light? Looks a bit cool to me, but you could have used a more white spot light. Loi

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Dumay i think this special in terms of getting the owl with prey.
Your usual IQ paired with good spotlight usage . I like the hint of detail in The BKG.

TFS Andreas

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Dumay! I like the IQ, snake, perch, spot light and faint BG branches add depth.

[arash_hazeghi]

cool pose and a unique prey item. I only wish the right eye was visible a bit better

TFS

[gail bisson]

This is a pretty special image.
Excellent IQ and the spotlight has given you just the right amount of light.
The prey is pretty cool and like Stu, I like the way the snake is being held by the owlet.
Would love this in my portfolio.
Gail

[Paul Morelli]

What a nice shot. I love the way the eye pops. Well done