Long-eared owl

Phil-D

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Male out hunting this evening, forced down by the Jackdaws.

Right place, right time,just 20 minutes too late, the sun had gone down! :)

D500, 500pf, 1/800th, f5.6, ISO 6400

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Cracking good shot Phil, that perch is key for me. :)
 
It's a cracker and looks like it 'clocked' you :)
 
beautiful shot
how are you enjoying the 500pf ?
waiting on Panamoz getting them back in stock
 
I think bright sunshine would have not been as nice as the eveing soft light Phil, cracking shot fella :)

Les
 
I like very much!:D
 
popcorn said:
Don't think I've ever seen one, not knowingly at least.
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We're very fortunate here in the South Pennines Chris, perfect habitat for them to thrive. On a good vole year we've had up to 19 breeding pairs.

Box Brownie said:
It's a cracker and looks like it 'clocked' you :)
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Thanks BB, yes, I wasn't hiding for this shot :)

Its quite interesting behaviour, the Jackdaws appear to mob it for no other reason only fun! They never attack or steal its pry, they just like to force them to a perch. On a number of occasion, after a couple of minutes, they'll just get bored and fly off.

If not and I'm close enough, I'll usually walk towards them. The Jackdaws always fly first, leaving the owl to carry on hunting.........I like to think its my way of saying 'thanks' to the owl for posing so nicely :LOL:

holty said:
beautiful shot
how are you enjoying the 500pf ?
waiting on Panamoz getting them back in stock
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Thanks Holty, no complaints and been impressed with the mk3 tele attached.

Cheffievrs said:
Superb Phil
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Thanks Jason

Lez325 said:
I think bright sunshine would have not been as nice as the eveing soft light Phil, cracking shot fella :)

Les
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Thanks Les, although I'm not sure I agree, ISO 1250 would've been a lot more appealing :LOL:

bulldog5988 said:
I like very much!:D
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Thank you Keith

jerry12953 said:
That's excellent. Definitely a bogey bird for me (let alone photographing one!) Is the white balance a bit on the cool side though?
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Thanks Jerry, I does look a tad cool on me laptop but better on me monitor or phone, that's not saying it isn't as I'm well over due calibrating me monitor.

I've done a quick side by side edit and warmed it up a tad, interested to see if it looks better, cheers

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The warm one looks better for me personally Phil :) ( other opinions are available :) )

Les
 
Warmer one for me too I think, bit not much in it


Phil-D said:
We're very fortunate here in the South Pennines Chris, perfect habitat for them to thrive. On a good vole year we've had up to 19 pairs
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I'll have to keep my eyes open, I spend a lot of time in the northern end of tge peak district.
 
Wonderful ;)
 
Warmed up for me to ,perfection phil
 
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