BIRDS OF PREY Recap – May 12, 2013
Great Horned Owl by Ben Eby – Canon 1D MkIII
In summary, we had a very successful outing – great group, nice weather, and beautiful, well trained and very cooperative models. Originally, the weather forecast called for some showers, and I had packed some rain gear, but fortunately, we had a mix of sun and cloud, and the rain didn’t materialize until the late afternoon.
We were using Canon and Nikon equipment, and the lenses ranged from 50mm through 105, 200, 500, 600 primes to 70-200mm, 120-400, 150-500mm zooms.
Glenn Springer will be on May 31-June 2 exhibiting and selling his prints at the Haliburton Home and Cottage Show. If you tell him, you read about the show here, he will give you 15% discount on his prints and future workshops. For more information and to sign up, visit his website at www.photography.to
Below are some images from the May 12th workshop.
Great Horned Owl by Ben Eby – Canon 1D MkIII
Great Horned Owl by Ben Eby – Canon 1D MkIII
Great Horned Owl by Ben Eby – Canon 1D MkIII
Great Horned Owlets by Barbara McMahon – Canon T4i,50mm/1.4, ISO400, F5.6, 1/320s
In this place, you can get some spectacular pictures even by using an inexpensive kit lens or a 50mm lens. Of course, a long lens gives you many more options.
Barn Owl by Barbara McMahon – Canon T4i,50mm/1.4, ISO400, F5.6, 1/320s
Barn Owl by George Reichert – Nikon D800,70-200mm/2.8, ISO180, F2.8, 1/800s
George got an incredibly sharp picture of the flying owl, especially considering that it was shot at 2.8 and just 1/800s. You can see the details in the crop below.
Barn Owl by George Reichert – Nikon D800,70-200mm/2.8, ISO180, F2.8, 1/800s – crop from the above picture
Bald Eagle landing – by Glenn Springer – Nikon D600, 400mm, F8, ISO2000, 1/800s
Great Horned Owl in Flight by Glenn Springer – Nikon D600, 200mm, F8, ISO360, 1/400s
According to Glenn: the wings were blurred because the shutter speed was too slow, and then I helped it along by using the Radial Blur filter in Photoshop.
Red-tailed hawk by Les Palenik – Nikon D600,350mm, ISO400, F6.3, 1/640s
Harris hawk by Les Palenik – Nikon D600, 250mm, ISO400, F6.3, 1/640s
Bald Eagle by Les Palenik – Nikon D600, 500mm, ISO640, F7.1, 1/1000s
Between all of us, we must have shot thousands of the owlet images. And all of them look great. Here is one more for closing.
The main attraction – the adorable great horned owlets – by Les Palenik – Nikon D600, 500mm, ISO400, F7.1, 1/500s
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