The Barn Owl is a nocturnal bird, and is seen primarily only at night. But our naturalist/guide found this one hiding in a storage shed next door to the restaurant on El Chato Plantation where we had just had lunch. She illuminated the owl with her flashlight for me and I was able to make this photograph by using a very high sensor sensitivity rating (ISO 1600), which allowed me to use a relatively fast shutter speed of 160th of a second to avoid blur due to camera shake. I focused on its distinctive face, noted for the heart shaped facial disk. It was hiding behind a pile of old lighting fixtures, which I place out of focus here.