{"id":14564,"date":"2014-03-16T03:30:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T09:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14564"},"modified":"2025-05-08T12:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:53:13","slug":"great-horned-owl-and-fledgling-strongly-backlit-by-the-setting-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/03\/16\/great-horned-owl-and-fledgling-strongly-backlit-by-the-setting-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Horned Owl and fledgling strongly backlit by the setting sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

What can I say about this image of an adult Great Horned Owl feeding its young that is strongly back lit by the setting sun on Honeymoon Island State Park<\/a> in Florida? Sometimes I like it and sometimes I don’t.<\/p>\n

\"GreatGreat Horned Owl adult feeding fledgling – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/160, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I could not get a better angle than I had because if I had the sun at my back I would have only gotten an image of the owl’s backs which wouldn’t have been that interesting at all. But I do like the intimacy of this image with the interaction between the adult and the fledgling a lot.<\/p>\n

I wish that both owl’s would have had their eyes open but with them closed it shows that they were relaxed in my presence which is something I strive for when photographing birds and animals.<\/p>\n

So one day I will look at it and appreciate the intimacy, the tenderness it seems the adult has for the young owl and the setting and on another day I bemoan the fact that I didn’t have a better angle of light and that the bird’s eyes weren’t open.<\/p>\n

I might never figure it out. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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