2021.04.25.01.D750 Great Horned Owl
Not long after sunset a great horned owl glided over the sand dunes below our Crescent Beach, Fla., condo and settled onto the walkway that leads to the beach. For the next 10 or 15 minutes it paced up and down the deck and railings, looking over the sides for prey on the ground. Eventually it swooped into the dunes. The light was very dim, and I was shooting a 500mm lens with a max aperture of f/5.6. The ISO was 3200 and the shutter speed was as long as a half-second. Did I mention I had no tripod but just a railing to rest the lens on? For all the obstacles, I got a few readable images. c.2021 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
2021.04.25.01.D750 Great Horned Owl
Not long after sunset a great horned owl glided over the sand dunes below our Crescent Beach, Fla., condo and settled onto the walkway that leads to the beach. For the next 10 or 15 minutes it paced up and down the deck and railings, looking over the sides for prey on the ground. Eventually it swooped into the dunes. The light was very dim, and I was shooting a 500mm lens with a max aperture of f/5.6. The ISO was 3200 and the shutter speed was as long as a half-second. Did I mention I had no tripod but just a railing to rest the lens on? For all the obstacles, I got a few readable images. c.2021 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com