bernieboutin
Short-Eared Owl
I don't have many owl images in my collection, the last shots were of Snowies, taken several years ago, so I was stoked to get a tip from a friend as to where these guys were seen.
After driving slowly up and down the roads in the vicinity for more than an hour and seeing only a couple of magpies, I was ready to call it a bust and had turned around to head for home, when I noticed two of them on fence posts.
I took a ton of shots, and was hoping for at least of couple of really good ones, but because of distance and likely some rust in shooting BIF, I came back with a few that I am very happy to have but nothing as detailed as I was hoping to get.
I will be posting three images, and while at first glance they may appear sharp, upon close inspection you will see that there is very little detail. Some careful processing has given illusion of detail and I have done my best to enhance what detail existed.
Having said all of that, they may look a bit overprocessed, and likely a bit oversaturated, but I tried to make them look the best I could with what I had to work with, and overall am very pleased to have them in my miniscule collection of Owls, and more importantly I thorougly enjoyed watching these guys fly, hover and hunt. It was a thrilling experience.
Short-Eared Owl
I don't have many owl images in my collection, the last shots were of Snowies, taken several years ago, so I was stoked to get a tip from a friend as to where these guys were seen.
After driving slowly up and down the roads in the vicinity for more than an hour and seeing only a couple of magpies, I was ready to call it a bust and had turned around to head for home, when I noticed two of them on fence posts.
I took a ton of shots, and was hoping for at least of couple of really good ones, but because of distance and likely some rust in shooting BIF, I came back with a few that I am very happy to have but nothing as detailed as I was hoping to get.
I will be posting three images, and while at first glance they may appear sharp, upon close inspection you will see that there is very little detail. Some careful processing has given illusion of detail and I have done my best to enhance what detail existed.
Having said all of that, they may look a bit overprocessed, and likely a bit oversaturated, but I tried to make them look the best I could with what I had to work with, and overall am very pleased to have them in my miniscule collection of Owls, and more importantly I thorougly enjoyed watching these guys fly, hover and hunt. It was a thrilling experience.