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Little owls (athene noctua)
This spring i was able to start a little personal project : supervising and simply watching a few nests / no more brut caves of the little owls
not all of them are in a good shape for me to take pictures, but one is very good for me AND its less then 4 miles from my home away.. so good conditions for me
I started to watch in february (copula) and in late may the young chicks comes outside the first time.. now they are seperating themselves often, it becomes difficult to watch.. but in this place four young owls grow up and i hope they will made it in the future.. remember the first year is the hardest for young owls and all type of birds of prey.
so i can show you some pictures now, hope you like .. the hide was everytime my car.
Hard to come back.. this young chick was not yet able to fly, so it have to climb at the apple tree , where the brut cave is in
NIKON D5 with 500/4e at f:4, iso 200 and 1/800s
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Macro and Flora Moderator
Lovely shot Eric, I like the pose it helps show the fragility of this young bird. I particularly like the setting and the uncluttered background.
My only reservation is that I think there is a magenta cast in the image and I might possibly lower the highlights in the underwing.
I have recently found a little owl nest but in very low light, likewise I am starting a project to try to photograph them in better circumstances.
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Pretty different frame here. Looks like the owl slammed into the tree.
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Super Moderator
Some of the owls over here climb back up trees like this after a fall. I like the fully raised wing, and claws gripping the trunk. Sharp, good BG. Going vertical may have been good here, but tough to switch in the field if action is fast. Hope to see more from your project!
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Hello and thank you all. yes the owl is slamming into the tree and it uses the beak also.
i will check the magenta and yes switching the lens so fast was not possible.. but yes i have a little bit more stuff.. have to put this in another thread ?
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Very cool action captured. I like the composition a lot. Is ISO 200 right? If so I would aim for a faster shutter speed. Look forward to more of the LO's. TFS
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Hello and thank you all.. yes iso 2000 was right.. the light becomes darker...and because i want to catch the first flyings from the young ones
Last edited by Eric Dienesch; 09-16-2018 at 01:49 AM.
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