“Alien”

This short-eared Owl takes the saying, “sticking your neck out” quite literally. 😅

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Or maybe it’s a big fan of the alien movies.

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The lighting was pretty rough as the owl was mostly backlit with harsh sun, so I put my ISO as low as it could go, so I had more range to push later on.

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shot at 700mm 5.6.

Done