Barn Owl Posing As Dracula
Actually, the owl might have been stretching its wings after being inside the owl house for its entire life. To our knowledge, this is the first time this young owl had ever stepped out of the house and onto the perch. Minutes after this was taken, it flew for the first time in its life. We've been expecting this for a few days, because six days ago it's slightly older sibling flew for the first time. These birds mature remarkable quickly. Both of the two young owls were hatched in this house on our property this past spring.
In order to light this, I placed a strobe on each of two tall light stands positioned close to, and on either side of the owl house. The YN560 and YN560-II, both in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. Because it's tough to focus in the dark, I set the camera on a tripod while it was still light outside and then prefocused on the area where the young owls would be.
I have all of my owl pictures in my Barn Owl set which can be seen here. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157630045851110/...
Barn Owl Posing As Dracula
Actually, the owl might have been stretching its wings after being inside the owl house for its entire life. To our knowledge, this is the first time this young owl had ever stepped out of the house and onto the perch. Minutes after this was taken, it flew for the first time in its life. We've been expecting this for a few days, because six days ago it's slightly older sibling flew for the first time. These birds mature remarkable quickly. Both of the two young owls were hatched in this house on our property this past spring.
In order to light this, I placed a strobe on each of two tall light stands positioned close to, and on either side of the owl house. The YN560 and YN560-II, both in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. Because it's tough to focus in the dark, I set the camera on a tripod while it was still light outside and then prefocused on the area where the young owls would be.
I have all of my owl pictures in my Barn Owl set which can be seen here. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157630045851110/...