My OperaI fell in love with Eagle Owls
Sunday, June 10, 2012 3:22:27 PM
This weekend was a "long" weekend, meaning Thursday was a holiday and I took Friday off too, which gave me the opportunity to finally photograph the Eagle Owl pair and their offspring in the nearby forest. It was quite hard to find them, I was looking for them for some months now, but most of the time I just heard them shouting. Last month I finally found their favorite places and this weekend I decided to give it a go.
This in the oldest of the three eagle owl offspring, still with some of the hatchling plumage and lacking the characteristic "ears" of the adult owls.
That photo was easy, because it was in a garden near the forest, the light was quite good and I didn't have to climb on a tree to get a clear line of sight. The main problem with the photo sessions was, that the normal owls is night active and tend to sleep all day (I bet you knew that
). Luckily this is not 100% true for Eagle Owls, but still most of the photos were taken at early or late twilight, after dusk or before dawn.
Head over to the album (with description) or watch the slide show (without description) to see more of them.
(and don't forget to add it to the favorites if you like it)
All photos were taken with an "old fashioned" Canon A1 camera and a 400mm, f4.5 tele lens with attached motor drive, that managed up to 8 images/s as long as the battery was fully charged, and an ASA 400 color slide film. Yes that camera actually uses film instead of chips to store the images - some of the older visitors might still know this type of cameras - you might recognize it by the lack of digital noise.
If the colors are not quite correct on some of the images:
Blame my scanner, it sucks because I can't switch the auto-correction features to "off" completely. I only cropped the images so that users of full HD monitors can see then in full screen without scrolling (selfish reason, I use some of them as desktop background)
This in the oldest of the three eagle owl offspring, still with some of the hatchling plumage and lacking the characteristic "ears" of the adult owls.
That photo was easy, because it was in a garden near the forest, the light was quite good and I didn't have to climb on a tree to get a clear line of sight. The main problem with the photo sessions was, that the normal owls is night active and tend to sleep all day (I bet you knew that
). Luckily this is not 100% true for Eagle Owls, but still most of the photos were taken at early or late twilight, after dusk or before dawn.Head over to the album (with description) or watch the slide show (without description) to see more of them.
(and don't forget to add it to the favorites if you like it)
All photos were taken with an "old fashioned" Canon A1 camera and a 400mm, f4.5 tele lens with attached motor drive, that managed up to 8 images/s as long as the battery was fully charged, and an ASA 400 color slide film. Yes that camera actually uses film instead of chips to store the images - some of the older visitors might still know this type of cameras - you might recognize it by the lack of digital noise.
If the colors are not quite correct on some of the images:
Blame my scanner, it sucks because I can't switch the auto-correction features to "off" completely. I only cropped the images so that users of full HD monitors can see then in full screen without scrolling (selfish reason, I use some of them as desktop background
)
Martin KadlecBS-Harou # Sunday, June 10, 2012 3:58:40 PM
QuHno # Sunday, June 10, 2012 4:27:14 PM
... and they don't care a bit as long as you don't try to sneak up to them - they see you anyway - a lesson I had to learn after this
I shot the following images without trying to camouflage or hiding myself. Apart from the occasional look at that strange two-leg sitting in a nearby tree or walking through the forest they didn't care about me at all and were quite relaxed, even at night.
Chris Rakerarizonarealestate # Monday, January 28, 2013 11:41:50 AM