{"id":5374,"date":"2012-07-20T03:55:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T09:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:50:07","slug":"short-eared-owl-in-evening-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/07\/20\/short-eared-owl-in-evening-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-eared Owl in Evening Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-148875 size-full\" title=\"Short-eared Owl in evening light, Glacier County, Montana\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-perched-mia-mcpherson-4127.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-perched-mia-mcpherson-4127.jpg\" alt=\"Short-eared Owl in evening light, Glacier County, Montana\" width=\"731\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27731%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20731%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27731%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-perched-mia-mcpherson-4127-200x219.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-perched-mia-mcpherson-4127-400x438.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-perched-mia-mcpherson-4127-600x657.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-perched-mia-mcpherson-4127.jpg 731w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/>Short-eared Owl in evening light &#8211; Nikon D200, f6.3, 1\/125, ISO 400, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is a golden\u00a0tone with evening light that makes a subject glow. 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It was a very cooperative subject.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/short-eared-owl-images\/\">here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Short-eared Owl photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This male Short-eared Owl in evening light was photographed last year in Glacier County, Montana not too long before the sun 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