Sharp Turn

[Troy Lim]

Manual Metering
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/2000)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 240 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

[DanWalters]

Like the details and the wings. Great light and color as well.

[Troy Lim]

Like the details and the wings. Great light and color as well.

Thank you Dan. ;)

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the pose and wing positions, it's a shame primaries are pretty beat up. BG is distracting here I would selectively blur and darken it for better separation. TFS

[Troy Lim]

I like the pose and wing positions, it's a shame primaries are pretty beat up. BG is distracting here I would selectively blur and darken it for better separation. TFS

Thanks. Personally, I do not like dark BG against any birds, like most of the pure white birds. I got some shots of them in flight with where their nest is but way too busy with bushes, branches etc. Thank you.

[James Shadle]

Troy,
Was this a captive bird?

[Troy Lim]

Troy,
Was this a captive bird?

James, no. They are in the wild, although they are probably like my buddies now. LOL They remember my voice, and everytime I am nearby, they would come close to me.
The BG led people to believe it was in captive because of the nicely trimmed grass and bushes. ;)

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

How did you get it to pose like this?

[Troy Lim]

How did you get it to pose like this?

I caught it by accident. I was tracking it and took a sudden turn.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Interesting. So something maybe made it change course. Didn't happen to be a bait of some kind did it? Hence why it was flying low in your direction? I would think it's too much of a coincidence. Having looked in your gallery one particular image strikes me with the owl really concentrating on one spot on the ground in front of it as if there was something there. This is the shot.

Or perhaps your "familiar" voice attracted it. How silly of me not to think of that one! :)

[Troy Lim]

Interesting. So something maybe made it change course. Didn't happen to be a bait of some kind did it? Hence why it was flying low in your direction? I would think it's too much of a coincidence. Having looked in your gallery one particular image strikes me with the owl really concentrating on one spot on the ground in front of it as if there was something there. This is the shot.

Or perhaps your "familiar" voice attracted it. How silly of me not to think of that one! :)

I think he was grabbing something on the ground. If you could see the talon, there are some grass there. He then took a turn. I could not tell from the photo. ;)

I called them out. Often time, this pair would just come up as I started walking near there and started talking. Just like the one at the local park, wherever you put the call, they would come down and near it to see if it is another owl. I often set the call on the ground away from me, then they would come near the call.