Close encounters

Reloj de la torre barroca de la catedral de La Seo (también llamada de San Salvador). Zaragoza, España. Sus esculturas representan el Tiempo(el anciano), el Día (un recién nacido), el Gallo y la Noche (mujer adulta con un candil en la mano.

I worked hard to get this photo because of low light and telephoto not focusing properly. It's going back to the company today for repair. Oh no....out of commission for 2 weeks!!!

Shortie hunting at a Northumberland lake.

Short-eared Owl flying in the distance.

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Another shot from last weeks visit to enjoy these beautiful owls

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Wonderful memories for me to hold onto after spending time with the beautiful short eared owls today

Close up

Back this afternoon to enjoy a few moments with the shorty's

A distant Short-eared Owl perched on farm equipment.

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I didn’t make the most of the opportunity to photograph this owl in flight. I was so intent on getting the perched shots I picked a poor position for when it took to the air. Still managed a few shots and this was probably the best of them.

Wonderful feeling as this owl passed right above me on the day.

I have been spotted but this little beauty was not bothered at all and just got on with hunting for food

I would like to post something other than owls, but I’m afraid that’s mostly all I have for you at the moment. Abberton reservoir.

A 'Short-eared Owl' with its lunch. ( had to resort to my archives for this one as I am not getting much action at the moment.)

Spent some time considering an image I should use to pay tribute to a contact of mine, somebody who set a standard for me , and a great advocate for t#he Short Eared Owl , David Newby quality photographer RIP

Canon EOS-1D X

ƒ/8.0

1000.0 mm

1/3200

ISO 1250

A couple of Shortie shots, a good end to a dark and dank day on the levels.

Shor-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus). This photo illustrates a particular feature of the eyes of owls - differential dilation. When zooming into this image the pupil of the right eye (in sunlight) can be seen to be noticeably smaller than that of the left eye (in shadow).

Shingle Street

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So... On closer inspection of my recent shots, I've noticed a small degree of distortion and chromatic aberration. This is because I hadn't uploaded the lens aberration correction data to the camera. I've done it now, so I'll have to go and retake several weeks worth of shots, hey ho.

This was taken this year, in May. I was in my car when it landed very close...

Owls Gallery

It was Boxing Day in Canada, and lots of people were out and about with their fancy cameras at the Boundary Bay Dyke Trail.

We were all following one distant owl that was flying around in the southern marsh. Eventually, I decided it probably wasn't going to come any closer so I decided to head farther along the trail, away from the other people.

I had barely taken ten steps when I noticed this other short-eared owl sitting about 20 yards away. Oh wait, I meant "metres."