Owls

Four very attractive species of owl photographed at Hawk Conservancy Centre on Thursday - lovely setting but very difficult for the camera to pick up the owls as they fly through the trees. Two noctornal owls with dark eyes, the Ural Owl and Tawny Owl, and two crepuscular owls with amber eyes, the Eagle Owl and Snowy Owl.

Owls in Monochrome

I have added a Gallery of Nature Monochrome images to my website today. The medium certainly suits these nocturnal raptors.

Barn Owl Take Off

Two shots of a Barn Owl getting airborn in beautiful evening light.

More Owls

Evening shot of the Tawny Owl taken with the fish-eye lens - he did eventually eat his mouse. Below an image of the owl taken with fill-in flash to balance the exposure of sky and subject. I set the exposure for the sky on the camera manual setting and then experimented with various power flashes.

Long-eared and Tawny Owl

We spent very enjoyable 7 hours photographing Birds of Prey in Bedfordshire yesterday. Here are a couple of the shots of owls taken as evening approached and the light was great.

Barn Owls in Norfolk

Today I revisited the site where I saw a barn owl leave the barn yesterday evening. I went a bit earlier and was rewarded by the sight of the owl leaving the barn as I approached.

When I was there yesterday I went into the barn and saw the nesting box up in the eaves. I was aware that there were still noises coming from near it but thought at the time it was rats. Today I decided to have another look at the box and photograph it. Just as I raised my camera a second owl came out of the box . I didn't have a fast enough shutterspeed for a clear photo but was thrilled to see it so close. I left quickly, sat a little way away and the owls returned to the area.

Barn Owl at Pymore

Lucky to see this barn owl quartering a field on our way back from Welney. Taken at ISO 2000 and put through Neat Image. Surprised at the result

Barn owl is back

Good to see our barn owl back quartering the field outside my window this evening.