Nice Hooters
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Exp: 1/25s, f/4.0, ISO 1600
Gear: Canon 40D, 500mm F4L
Thanks to my friends Amie and Todd, I was able to make this image last night over near their house. This is a pair of juvenile barred owls that were actively begging their parent for food. This made them much easier to locate but they were still very hard to find in the dense trees. I lucked out and was able to make this image. Pushing the camera equipment and my skills to the limit. If you noticed in the exposure stats I was using a very, very slow shutter speed for such a long lens. Most of the time you don’t want to be shooting any slower than 1/500 sec. I also had to use noise ninja to clean up the image since it was shot at ISO 1600 and cleaned up a branch that was distracting.
It feels good to be back out shooting again. Unfortunately I have to send the 500mm back to Lensprotogo Thursday it’s a nice piece of equipment. Thanks again Amie and Todd for the help finding the owls and the great stir fry!