{"id":1611,"date":"2010-12-11T04:40:35","date_gmt":"2010-12-11T10:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2025-10-12T13:36:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T18:36:53","slug":"adult-burrowing-owl-blur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2010\/12\/11\/adult-burrowing-owl-blur\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Burrowing Owl Blur"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdultAdult Burrowing Owl head spin blur –\u00a0 D200, f5.6, 1\/60, ISO 800. +0.3 EV, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

The day I took this image there was low light as the sun had barely risen, but the day was cloudy and gray and that makes for difficulties when photographing birds.<\/p>\n

This adult Burrowing Owl was near a burrow that was used in 2009 for a brood of four chicks.<\/p>\n

When I saw this bird I hoped that the burrow would be used again in 2010, that was not to be though. The other adult from the year before had been struck and killed by a passing car, this bird probably didn’t find a mate in the same location as last year.<\/p>\n

I wanted to get images of this Burrowing Owl<\/span><\/a> even though the light was dim so I cranked my ISO up to 800, set my aperture at f5.6 to get the most shutter speed possible and the fastest shutter speed I could get was 1\/60.<\/p>\n

When the owl was staying still that was sufficient, it sure wasn’t when the owl spun its head though!<\/p>\n

This blur was not intentional, but I do like the effect caused by the head spinning. Makes me dizzy just viewing the photo!<\/p>\n

Life is good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This blur was not intentional, but I do like the effect caused by the head of the Burrowing Owl spinning. Makes me dizzy just viewing the photo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,27,52,26],"tags":[4004,58,55,4083,4042,4214,11978,16860,156,3967,294,165,30],"class_list":["post-1611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-burrowing-owls","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-antelope-island-sp","tag-athene-cunicularia","tag-birding","tag-blur","tag-burrowing-owl","tag-desert-island","tag-head-spin","tag-low-light-2","tag-owl","tag-owls","tag-spring","tag-utah-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t