OK, a rarity, BIF from me.
Just to put this into context and I will post a snap from the blind to provide a better grasp of the location. This is 'Scruffy' who really was in pretty poor condition, but another owl 'Torn eye' adopted him/her and now is doing well, but kicked off this particular plot now. The home in the willow tree is less than two seconds flight to this old trailer, but over the 5 weeks the whole location has become swamped with Cow parsley (a weed) which generates these green caterpillars that they seem to like amongst other bugs & beetle found, but they also can fly anywhere within a 400m area, and beyond at times...
Shot in the morning just after 8.00am, so I was in the hide by 6.00am and so it was just a waiting game. The light comes in from the RHS, by evening everything is in shadow, but you do get some cool colours. I was hoping he/she was going to land as usual on the beam, no, Scruffy wanted to land on this metal circular dish, part of the trailer, but now hidden by the weeds. Shooting 1/3200 wasn't quick enough, so cranked it to 1/4000.
Thanks to those who viewed or commented on the previous posting.
Steve
Subject: Little owl incoming (Athene noctua)
Location: UK
Camera: Canon EOS-1D X Mark III
Lens: EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM Gitzo tripod with Flexline pro ballhead
Exposure: 1/4000s at f/5.6 ISO1250
Original format: Portrait, slight crop from above, almost FF width
Processed via: LRC Classic & PSCC2020
Note: The subject is fully wild and completely unconstrained. Besides the potential impact of my presence, nothing has been done to intentionally alter or affect the ongoing behavior of the subject and, of course, there has been no use of any form of bait or other form of wildlife attractants (including vocalisations) in the capture of this image.