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Description
A family of barred owls is at the local state park and is using a stretch of heavily wooded wetlands to hunt crayfish. I managed a few pics yesterday. Shot from my vehicle.
Specific Feedback
Any. The vegetation is dense where they are hunting over a small duck weed covered channel.
Technical Details
Canon R7, 200-800mm, hand held
ISO 4000, f9, 1/500s
Processed in DXO PureRaw 4 and Photoshop.
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These are very nice images, Allen. I was struck by how natural they look. The colors and definition look spot on. The first one looks a little worse for wear having dunked its head to get the crayfish.
Wow! Gorgeous!! You made the best of the opportunity with three exceptional captures – no nits! (But a good dose of jealousy…) The one with the crayfish is priceless!
This is a wonderful series, Allen. I wouldn’t have expected these birds to hunt crayfish, though I read a book on owls from a fellow northwesterner not too long ago and he had screech owls on his property that routinely hunted them. Great job finding angles that worked for these and keeping the foreground branches from overpowering the image. Nice depth of field at f/9 and good bokeh from that lens that prevents that nearest branch from being a real nuisance.
I swear, I can’t pick a favorite of these fine poses. I don’t know about you but I covet getting any owl photos. Usually, if I do see any in the daylight they are typically in real thick growth. I wouldn’t change a thing with these. Well done.
Hi Glenys, thanks for the comments. The owls aren’t that small so I’d say big crayfish. I saw a couple hunting crayfish today. They seemed to first feel for prey underwater with their feet and then dunk their heads once they found something.
More owl shots coming from me. It’s been an interesting week observing them.
