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We arrived at the beach just after sunrise and as you can see we were there till after sunset. This snowy owl was treating itself to a nice rabbit dinner as I took these photos. My batteries were as exhausted as we were and this is the reason for the varying amount of flash in the images. I converted using tungsten white balance to remove the last glow or red in the image and produce the night look.

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011214DSC_7359 by Morris0, on Flickr

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011214DSC_7360 by Morris0, on Flickr

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011214DSC_7361 by Morris0, on Flickr

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011214DSC_7366B by Morris0, on Flickr

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011214DSC_7369 by Morris0, on Flickr

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011214DSC_7380 by Morris0, on Flickr

D200 + 80-400 VR + 1.4x TC @ 560mm, ISO 800, 1/60, f5.6, balanced flash (SB910 + XT Flash Extender)

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris



Jan 14, 2014 at 09:27 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Night Owl


I wouldn't even have thought of attempting this! You're a brave experimenter Morris. Interesting work Morris.


Jan 14, 2014 at 10:09 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Night Owl


Interesting captures, Morris. Have you thought to get rid of the blue cast?
Socrate



Jan 14, 2014 at 11:44 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Night Owl


Hard for me to appreciate these Morris.

Ted



Jan 15, 2014 at 06:44 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Night Owl


Neat stuff Morris. I think I would have packed up well before you shot these ~ Ron


Jan 15, 2014 at 06:48 AM
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So in addition to stealth, should we add night-vision to the list of your powers, Morris? I don't think I would have even seen the owl, let alone be able to identify it's meal as being rabbit!


Jan 15, 2014 at 07:36 AM
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So this is what I missed? If I had room in my backpack for night vision goggles I can imagine how cool the setting would have been. Would have been interesting to see how my 1Dx at super duper high iso would have managed.
Being a rabbit when the sun goes down is fraught with danger when these guys are around.
Eric



Jan 15, 2014 at 07:51 AM
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Interesting series, Morris. We can always count on you to experiment out of the box.

GENE



Jan 15, 2014 at 08:02 AM
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KCollett wrote:
I wouldn't even have thought of attempting this! You're a brave experimenter Morris. Interesting work Morris.


Thank you Ken,

Not only do I like to experiment I like to share the results and brave the comments. It's part of the learning experiance

Morris



Jan 15, 2014 at 08:29 AM
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Shasoc wrote:
Interesting captures, Morris. Have you thought to get rid of the blue cast?
Socrate


Thank you Socrate,

I did de-saturate a bit and agree I could go further. I do want some blue as in the old day for night effect.

Morris



Jan 15, 2014 at 08:29 AM
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Ted ellis wrote:
Hard for me to appreciate these Morris.

Ted


I understand Ted. Thank you for being honest.

Morris



Jan 15, 2014 at 08:30 AM
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surfnron wrote:
Neat stuff Morris. I think I would have packed up well before you shot these ~ Ron


Thank you Ron,

I was walking out. It will be interesting to see what Marcelo captured as he went high ISO and slow shutter.

Morris



Jan 15, 2014 at 08:31 AM
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mitesh wrote:
So in addition to stealth, should we add night-vision to the list of your powers, Morris? I don't think I would have even seen the owl, let alone be able to identify it's meal as being rabbit!


Thank you Mitesh,

Marcelo spotted the owl as it flew in. It was hard to focus and at times see it. It did fly a few times and while I tripped the shutter hopping for something interesting that was not the case.

Morris



Jan 15, 2014 at 08:33 AM
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eyelaser wrote:
So this is what I missed? If I had room in my backpack for night vision goggles I can imagine how cool the setting would have been. Would have been interesting to see how my 1Dx at super duper high iso would have managed.
Being a rabbit when the sun goes down is fraught with danger when these guys are around.
Eric


We will get to see what Marcelo gets as he used the approach you suggest. Looking back, I should have tried bumping my ISO up to 1600 and let the noise happen

Morris



Jan 15, 2014 at 08:34 AM
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genemiller wrote:
Interesting series, Morris. We can always count on you to experiment out of the box.

GENE


Thank you Gene,

I've used this technique before with good results and also bad. I need to do it more to learn to fine tune and predict

Morris



Jan 15, 2014 at 08:36 AM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Night Owl


Hi Morris,

I was so curios to see what you get with your flash under those conditions and I really like the 4th shot because the reflection of the lights on the eyes.

It was a fun day at the beach.

Marcelo



Jan 15, 2014 at 11:53 AM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Night Owl


No thoughts on firing the flash at the Owl while it was feeding at night...it'd be a hard thing for me to consider.


Jan 15, 2014 at 01:33 PM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Night Owl


Very nice set. Really like the look of Number 4.


Jan 15, 2014 at 03:22 PM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Night Owl


nice job Morris


Jan 15, 2014 at 07:50 PM





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