Pete Harvey Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Dave I don't know what you get up to in your free time. Perish the thought Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gwinnett Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Fantastic shots - thank you for sharing. /reminiscence mode on/ I remember as a child being driven to my grannies house in East Oakley. As we approached the road bridge alongside Battledown flyover, we would often see barn owls out hunting. Since I moved away from Basingstoke in 1990 I don’t think I’ve seen a wild one, and these pictures brought back many happy memories, not only of the owls but of family and places now all long past... /reminiscence mode off/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted April 24, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2012 On my way home I took the opportunity to photograph another owl bird A few minutes watching him, lovely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Very nice Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted April 24, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24, 2012 Excellent shots Dave. I am just wondering if it all because you want Ms Bradbury to present you an award. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted April 24, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2012 ;>) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted April 25, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2012 One I missed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted May 1, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1, 2012 Driving to work this morning, about 1 mile (as the owl flies) from the location where I photographed the first owl, I saw a familiar pair of white wings flying alongside the hedgerow, I followed him/her for a good 400-500 yards and as I did I noticed the small black object in his beak, breakfast !, I thought about trying to get in front for a picture but realised I probably wouldn't be able to get enough distance to get out and get the camera, and the owl would probably turn away. I noticed a tree and the owl seemed to be heading for it, "land, land, land" I wished but sadly it didn't, even better it went straight into the trunk, I've found it's nest ! I waited around for a while hoping it would reappear but I guess the vole was enough to keep it going. Hopefully this is one of a pair and chicks will arrive soon, then the adults will be a lot busier hunting around the extremeties, and I will waiting, camera in hand ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Looking forward to the pictures, Beast. I trust nobody else knows the exact location of the nest? (Deleted double paste from word processor) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted May 1, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1, 2012 Looking forward to the pictures, Beast. I trust nobody else knows the exact location of the nest? (Deleted double paste from word processor) Not sure to be honest, it's only yards from the lane, but this is sleepy Suffolk, I guess plenty of people see the owls but don't notice where they roost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted May 1, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 1, 2012 it went straight into the trunk, I thought owls had better eyesight than that . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted May 1, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1, 2012 I thought owls had better eyesight than that . Agreed, one would imagine the elephant would be easy to spot, even in the dull morning light... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 10, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2012 Those who have noticed my status update will be aware that I've been having close encounters of the barn owl kind again for the last week or two. My "Sibton" owl - the first photo - has been in his/her tree twice, watching me until I got of the car and then flying off, tonight I followed it but it kept ahead of me - eventually I let it go, it was obviously camera shy This was the best of a very poor set of photos The good news is I've discovered another owl - that makes at least 4 on my journey to/from work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted October 10, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2012 even better it went straight into the trunk So how come you didn't stop the car, open the trunk and take a picture Dave?????? BTW having read your title I'm still looking for the picture of a barn owl with a camera. I expect he would be using a twoo hundred millimetre lens also? Guess you now know where the twit went, eh? On a more sensible note, just to prove I can do it, I believe that there are many instances of owls getting hurt flying parallel to roads searching the hedgerows fo food and gettnig clipped by motor vehicles for their trouble http://www.wildowl.co.uk/preventingcasualties.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 16, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2012 A fantastic experience tonight, watching a barn owl hunt in a field only 5 minutes (tops) walk from my house and 10 mins from Jills. More later when I've stopped shaking ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 A fantastic experience tonight, watching a barn owl hunt in a field only 5 minutes (tops) walk from my house and 10 mins from Jills. More later when I've stopped shaking ! Wow, what a fantastic shot of his face! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Are you pre-focussing or manual focussing Dave? Also what focal length lens? Lovely collection of photos with the bird spot-on against an unsharp backdrop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 16, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2012 Are you pre-focussing or manual focussing Dave? Also what focal length lens? Lovely collection of photos with the bird spot-on against an unsharp backdrop. Hi Coach, Auto focus, 300mm lens, 1/1000s @ f4.5, iso 2500 hth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted October 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2012 Hi Coach, Auto focus, 300mm lens, 1/1000s @ f4.5, iso 2500 hth Amazed you got that close for a 300mm lens (is it cropped??) and amazed at the quality you got at 2500 iso. What make of lens were you using? OK, just amazed....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katier Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Why such a high ISO? I did wonder about the noise and now I see why. 1/250th would probably still be fast enough to 'stop' the bird - and would be doable at 800 ISO - even worth doing 1/500th and post-processing the stop under-exposure. Also one stop narrower aperture would help. I like the shots and appreciate the tricky situation but the noise does desperately spoil the shots for me. Which camera is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 16, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2012 Canon 5d Mark 3, 300mm fixed Canon L lens. The high shutter speed was to freeze her (I think it's a she) in mid flight, when using the 300mm it's tricky enough getting the bird in the frame, without worrying about blur. They are crops from the jpg images, saved as low quality jpgs, the raw would be substantially better quality -I'm happy enough with them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 16, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2012 Here's some more Bigger images Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Such a magnificent creature.......great shots!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Why such a high ISO? I did wonder about the noise and now I see why. 1/250th would probably still be fast enough to 'stop' the bird - and would be doable at 800 ISO - even worth doing 1/500th and post-processing the stop under-exposure. Also one stop narrower aperture would help. I like the shots and appreciate the tricky situation but the noise does desperately spoil the shots for me. Which camera is it? I presume that Dave didn't have much time to grab his camera and get his shots, and I think that the settings he used were probably the best to make sure that he got usable pictures. If it is possible to go back to what's likely to be a regular hunting area for the bird better prepared, I'm sure he'd follow Katier's thoughtful advice, but I'm not one for pixel peeping and I'm glad he shared those images with us. Gordon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katier Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I'm not one for pixel peeping and I'm glad he shared those images with us. Oh me too, and indeed I love a couple of the later ones which have some frontal aspect to the owl. But (although I don't pixel-peep) I just found the noise off putting and, honestly, surprised such a top-end camera generates so much at what is - these days - a fairly 'safe' ISO setting (the MkIII is rated to 102400 ISO in an optional mode, 51200 normal). Did you shoot them RAW and post process or just straight to JPEG Beast? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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