Owls

[Ryewolf]

Some owls taken at a local sanctuary.

#1 Tawny Owl

#2 Barn Owl

#3 Boobook Owl

#4 Eurasian Eagle Owl

[ChrisLumix]

Excellent work

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Chris, I'd never seen a Boobook Owl before this, they are from Australia, they look more like a hawk than an owl, and they are very small, a little smaller than a Kestrel.

[CanonChrissy]

Sharp and crisp. Nice images.

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Chrissy, if I can get a picture of a Puffin anywhere close to these I'll be pleased.. The Barn Owl is tricky with all the white and easy to blow the highlights. I do like the Barn Owl one, he'd just spotted Andy who was coming to take him from the viewing area to flying area, so he got really excited just after that shot. Actually a lot of the birds do the same the Boobook Owl and both the American and English Kestrels did the same.

[Korky]

A lovely set of images - hard to pick a favourite, but if I had to make a choice it'd be number 4.

Korky

[NannyFerret]

Just beautiful!

[VWGolf]

Beautifully sharp photos  :-)

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Korky, Tina and VW, they are all lovely birds and it's great to be able to see them so close, even if they are captive bred. Until recently I didn't know Tawny Owls came in 2 different colours, there's the brown coloured one, as in pic #1, but they also come in a grey version. The Eurasian Eagle Owl is amazing, I think the one I've posted is Checkers - he's a bit of a movie star. He was the first animal to be photograhed using a Photron SA-2 High definition high speed camera, which takes a 1000fps, that footage was used in the Spike Jonze film Her.

[KateW]

A lovely set!