{"id":1283,"date":"2010-11-12T07:57:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T13:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2024-07-28T15:33:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T20:33:20","slug":"short-eared-owl-female-13-minutes-of-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2010\/11\/12\/short-eared-owl-female-13-minutes-of-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-eared Owl female – 13 minutes of joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Female\u00a0F<\/span>emale Short-eared Owl on the road in the fog – D200, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 400, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

A\u00a0 foggy morning at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge brought me 13 minutes of joy after spotting a shape on the gravel road. It was a female Short-eared Owl and she flew up and landed on a post not too far from the road.<\/p>\n

\"FemaleFemale Short-eared Owl head on –\u00a0 D200, f7.1, 1\/320, ISO 400, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, +0.7 EV, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

The fog was swirling around her, at times she would be clear of\u00a0the mist\u00a0and the post would be shrouded by the fog, other times she would be partially obscured and the post would be in the clear.\u00a0The female owl was at the very edge of the\u00a0miasma with the rising sun starting to burn it\u00a0off .<\/p>\n

\"FemaleFemale Short-eared Owl parallaxing – D200, f7.1, 1\/350, ISO 400, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, +0.3 EV, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Photographers dream about the “sweet” light usually found early in the morning or late afternoon. I know I appreciate that light too but I also love testing my skills\u00a0 by\u00a0photographing birds in difficult lighting situations\u00a0while attempting to create compelling images. Photographing birds in\u00a0a fog is one of those situations.<\/p>\n

\"FemaleFemale Short-eared Owl staring – D200, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 400, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 280mm, +0.3 EV, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

The heavy fog aided in creating a\u00a0monochromatic background for these image, the grasses and sagebrush were smoothed out by the fog and the bokeh of my lens.\u00a0The Short-eared Owl female was quite comfortable\u00a0with my presence and posed on the fence post in various ways with many different head positions.<\/p>\n

\"FemaleFemale Short-eared Owl with head turn – D200, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 400, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 330mm, 0.0 EV, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

At the time I was photographing this owl I remember that I kept hoping that the fog would burn off and leave her in the sweet light of the early morning sun which would have allowed me to lower my ISO and show more of the fine details of the owl’s plumage.\u00a0I was; however,\u00a0extremely glad to have the chance to photograph her in the fog and\u00a0to create images under the challenging circumstances.<\/p>\n

\"FemaleFemale Short-eared Owl looking down – D200, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 400, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 330mm, 0.0 EV, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

All I had was 13 minutes with this beautiful Short-eared Owl female but those\u00a0thirteen minutes brought me tremendous joy. Before the sun had burned off the misty fog the Short-eared Owl flew\u00a0away into the mists and became for me a creature as ephemeral as the lake fog itself.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Short-eared Owl photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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