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Feb 14 - Owl baby
14-FEB-2006 Richard Chapman

Feb 14 - Owl baby

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One of my children's favourite books was "Owl babies" - one of my favourites too!

Only one baby in this picture, but it still reminds me of the book. I don't know whether it hatched since my last pictures on Friday, or whether it was just not visible then.

I don't think the mother's eye is injured - it's fully open in some other pictures I have from the set, though it is closed in most. I think she's just sleepy.

Canon EOS 1D Mark II ,Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM
1/100s f/8.0 at 1400.0mm iso400 with Flash, stacked teleconverters hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time14-Feb-2006 17:51:54
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS-1D Mark II
Flash UsedYes
Focal Length1000 mm
Exposure Time1/100 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programprogram (1)
Focus Distance

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Luc Meynaerts 11-Mar-2008 10:58
Amazing!
Arto Gueriguian 25-Oct-2007 20:49
Beautiful picture. You got my vote
Rappwizard 27-Jul-2007 05:42
Beautifully done!!
Raul Quinones 09-Aug-2006 23:32
Excellent picture. I had a couple shots of this birds, but not even close.
Tom Munson 22-Feb-2006 02:21
Terrific image.
Ian Clowes 21-Feb-2006 22:02
Wow
Coleen Perilloux Landry 21-Feb-2006 00:51
She is showing off her baby. Wonderful light and I like the Spanish moss. Vote
Gayle P. Clement 18-Feb-2006 21:49
Wonderful capture!
Kelly Clark Moncure 18-Feb-2006 13:39
WOW spectacular! what a lovely capture, with them both looking at you- and phenomenal light- wow- vote vote!
Richard Chapman 18-Feb-2006 01:43
With a 500mm lens, 1.4x teleconverter, 2.0x teleconverted, 1.3x crop factor and another crop in post-processing...

Effective focal length around 2200mm.
Chris P. 18-Feb-2006 01:40
Nice shot, but how did you get so close to a nest?
Beverly Wickersham 17-Feb-2006 00:19
Tremendous shot. Great light and a very touching pose. Vote.
Yi Feng 16-Feb-2006 17:38
Excellent shot!
Marco Valk 15-Feb-2006 18:29
awesome image; voted
webcam709 15-Feb-2006 14:36
So nice capture ... Excellent shot.
Peter Stahl 15-Feb-2006 11:40
Fantastic shot capturing mom and baby. Nice catchlight.
Adam Sharp 15-Feb-2006 10:12
by far the best owl shot ive seen...perfect
Tomasz Dziubinski Photography 15-Feb-2006 09:59
Great catch Richard :)
Steven Jusczyk 15-Feb-2006 08:12
Excellent catch! Love the way the light hits the baby.
henrywong 15-Feb-2006 04:39
what a wonderful shot !!
carol j. phipps 15-Feb-2006 04:23
What a terrific portrait from the wild!! Vote. Is the mother winking or only one-eyed? Love this capture.
Bryan Murahashi 15-Feb-2006 04:14
Great capture.
Herb Knufken 15-Feb-2006 03:38
Nice shot
DeMorcan 15-Feb-2006 03:37
I like this one even better than the last one.
Brad K 15-Feb-2006 03:10
Great shot, seems early for owl babies, i thought they were just now mating? Anyway, i never heard of using stacked TCs, a 2x and 1.4....WOW!
Tim Campbell 15-Feb-2006 02:58
COOL
stevephoto 15-Feb-2006 02:58
Wonderful.
soulis 15-Feb-2006 02:57
Fantastic work. Voted.
Katie Chew 15-Feb-2006 02:46
Great capture!
kagogrl 15-Feb-2006 02:41
Great capture. Very well done. Voted.