hammered
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Finally got some Barn Owl photo's
I've been a bit busy for the last few weeks studying and exams, but I have been able to get out a few times with the camera. Unfortunately the weather has been bad for photography but today the sun came out and the winds dropped a bit. I was perched in my normal place today with not much about apart from mosquitoes and other bugs, and I was thinking about packing up and going home in about another 20 minutes or so. When suddenly I looked behind me and there was the barn owl not 20 feet away. I saw it, it saw me, I fumbled with the camera getting it off the tripod, kicked over my coffee, fell over my stool, as the barn owl looked over it's shoulder and flew away grinning
. So I picked everything up, sat down and had another coffee whilst mentally kicking myself (it hurts less
). Then in the distance I saw the owl quartering a field, maybe getting closer. I took the camera off the tripod, pulled up my camo hood and started creeping along the rows of wheat. YES it was coming closer, but the light was dropping so I cranked up the ISO and then it was upon me. My adrenalin was pumping and I was shaking, but I got some shots
. They're not the best, but I'm happy with them. I'm also posting a couple of shots of a Long Tail Tit I took the day before yesterday. I hope you like them. Some are not quite in focus, but that was the adrenalin
Now the long Tail Tit
hammered
I've been a bit busy for the last few weeks studying and exams, but I have been able to get out a few times with the camera. Unfortunately the weather has been bad for photography but today the sun came out and the winds dropped a bit. I was perched in my normal place today with not much about apart from mosquitoes and other bugs, and I was thinking about packing up and going home in about another 20 minutes or so. When suddenly I looked behind me and there was the barn owl not 20 feet away. I saw it, it saw me, I fumbled with the camera getting it off the tripod, kicked over my coffee, fell over my stool, as the barn owl looked over it's shoulder and flew away grinning
. So I picked everything up, sat down and had another coffee whilst mentally kicking myself (it hurts less). Then in the distance I saw the owl quartering a field, maybe getting closer. I took the camera off the tripod, pulled up my camo hood and started creeping along the rows of wheat. YES it was coming closer, but the light was dropping so I cranked up the ISO and then it was upon me. My adrenalin was pumping and I was shaking, but I got some shots. They're not the best, but I'm happy with them. I'm also posting a couple of shots of a Long Tail Tit I took the day before yesterday. I hope you like them. Some are not quite in focus, but that was the adrenalin
Now the long Tail Tit
hammered
