A reminder of what I hope is to come tomorrow, wish me luck. Short-eared owl hunting.

Close encounters

First of the year in late evening sun.

Poor lighting in a cold -14C cloudy evening.

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.

Always a thrill to watch Short-eared Owls and I was privileged to watch this individual hunting over some local moorland yesterday evening and catching a number of large-looking voles.

Short-eared Owl flying in the distance.

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I spent the day looking for SEOs, but found none. So here's a shot of one sitting on a post from earlier in the year.

Come on you Owls...

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

Thanks to all who have visited, commented or faved my photos. It is very much appreciated. Constructive criticism welcomed.

nice to see these beauties back stayed distant but good light

SEO (Short-eared owl) in the evening light.

Forty winks.😉 Beaver County Alberta.

A distant Short-eared Owl perched on farm equipment.

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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.

No sign of any Short Eared Owls this afternoon unfortunately. So one from last year when they were still under the radar.

Was lucky enough to have this wonderful bird land on the post in front of me - only for it to be chased off by another Shortie - the lighter one in my previous posted shot - which then circled round and alighted on the next post. A magical thing to watch!

Taken with the RF 800mm lens - which prefers good light - so I had to use a really slow shutter speed and under expose to keep the ISO down to a reasonable level.

Head: Lelutka Ceylon

Face: Velour Seo currently at The Fifty

Eyes: Avi-Glam Glory Eyes

Hair: Doux Somi

Lips: Velour Aphrodite Lipstick

Body Skin: iPanema by Velour

Shape: Seo by bod

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 '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.)

Credits:

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

Beaver County Alberta

Made the most of the sun today... The shortie spent most of the afternoon in the distant tree, only making a few flights and none close enough for a 'good' shot... But always a joy to watch. :@)

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).

Short Eared Owl doing some evening hunting by a Northumberland lake.

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.