Barn Owl
Balliang, VIC, Australia
5/3/2011
In Australia, Barn Owls are nearly always nocturnal in habit. I never thought I'd be able to get close to this species until I found a group of 4 birds that were relatively localised within a small reserve.
All comments welcomePaul
Canon 5D 400mm f5.6 L iso 800 1/200th f13 manually set, 430ex speedlite
Photoshop- slight sharpen of features, cloned out some white wash