Burrowing Owl

[John Harper]

Hi There

Well the light levels continue to get lower in the UK as the Winter Solstice approaches, and I had to push the ISO level to 6400 to capture this shot.

Its of Burrowing owl "Dick Turpin" being given a helping hand from Falconer Jimmy at the Hawk Conservancy Trust here in the UK. It does illustrate very well just how small these owls are.

John

EOS1DMKIII EF 300 F4 ISO 6400 1/200 @ F4

[Lana Hays]

John
Oh sweet........I didn't know that you had Burrowing Owls over there. Framing and composition are excellent. Wow.....this one sure gives you the feeling of size. Good use of the higher ISO, too. I love this one.

[Dave Mills]

Very interesting John... Image shows just how small these owls are. I was fooling around with this where I showed just the hand and part of the wrist.
holding the owl
Nice image!

[John Harper]

Very interesting John... Image shows just how small these owls are. I was fooling around with this where I showed just the hand and part of the wrist.
holding the owl
Nice image!

Hi There

Is this the sort of thing you mean? It is a bit of a large crop, so the detail suffers, and as I was pushing it at 6400 ISO I thought the wider shot might look a little better

John

[Alfred Forns]

Hi John Great quality for the high ISO !!!

Excellent framing showing the difference makes all the difference !!!

[Lana Hays]

John
I like the repost but for really showing the difference in size.....the original does a much better job.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi John,
Well done. Never knew how small these little guys were...I like both compositions...