{"id":114308,"date":"2023-07-12T01:34:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T07:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=114308"},"modified":"2023-07-12T03:47:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T09:47:23","slug":"barred-owl-from-a-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/07\/12\/barred-owl-from-a-distance\/","title":{"rendered":"Barred Owl From A Distance"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I visited Sequoyah NWR<\/span><\/a> for the last time before heading back to Utah I became excited when I spotted a Barred Owl perched in lush reeds. I asked my great friend Steve to turn around so we could both get a clear view of the owl and he graciously accommodated my wishes.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Barred Owl from a distance \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 2500, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500m, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

We were both able to photograph the adult Barred Owl from a distance: Steve from inside his pickup and me from outside the pickup. I was still using his pickup as a mobile blind by standing behind the bed of it.<\/p>\n

Steve was using his 800mm lens on his Canon R5 while I used his Canon R7 with his 100-500mm lens.<\/p>\n

Reads Steve’s eloquent article about this Barred Owl on his his website here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"BarredBarred Owl adult – small in frame \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 3200, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500m, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I was so thrilled to see Barred Owls again that I took hundreds of photos of them every time we found them at the refuge.<\/p>\n

Every night while I was clearing my mom’s apartment in Virginia I heard Barred Owls but had no cameras with me to photograph them. My mom loved hearing them too<\/span><\/a> and when I told her I had photographed them in Oklahoma she too was thrilled that I had seen, heard and taken images of them there. Some birds, more than others, delighted her.<\/p>\n

So these Barred Owl photos weren’t just for me, they were for her too even though she never got to see them.<\/p>\n

I could wish that this owl had been closer to me than it was but I won’t because I like the habitat in my images. It is exactly where I would expect to find this species.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Barred Owl photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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