Short-eared owl: The short-eared owls in our area are not at all cooperative with respect to coming out in good light or any light for that matter. This owl only seems to come out at...

larryim Loc: Ohio

The short-eared owls in our area are not at all cooperative with respect to coming out in good light or any light for that matter. This owl only seems to come out at 5:15 or later in our area of northeast Ohio. I am using a Nikon D500, Nikkor 200-500 lens, f/5.6, 1/15 second, autoISO (2200-4500). It was so dark that I couldn't tell whether its head was turned toward me or away at times.

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NMGal Loc: NE NM

Beautiful captures.

phv Loc: Goleta, California

Oooohhhhhh......I love owls! What a beautiful bird!

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Good work!

hettmoe Loc: Rural ND

Very nice!

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Very nicely done.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great captures, Larry.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Wow! Especially at 1/15 second! Those are beautiful shots and a great combo of lens and body.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Amazing set. Against all odds you nailed it.

craigart14

larryim wrote:

The short-eared owls in our area are not at all cooperative with respect to coming out in good light or any light for that matter. This owl only seems to come out at 5:15 or later in our area of northeast Ohio. I am using a Nikon D500, Nikkor 200-500 lens, f/5.6, 1/15 second, autoISO (2200-4500). It was so dark that I couldn't tell whether its head was turned toward me or away at times.

Numbers two and five are the best. Great captures! Perhaps a little more dramatic with some cropping?

khildy Loc: Brownsburg, IN

larryim wrote:

The short-eared owls in our area are not at all cooperative with respect to coming out in good light or any light for that matter. This owl only seems to come out at 5:15 or later in our area of northeast Ohio. I am using a Nikon D500, Nikkor 200-500 lens, f/5.6, 1/15 second, autoISO (2200-4500). It was so dark that I couldn't tell whether its head was turned toward me or away at times.

tcthome Loc: NJ

It was so dark that I couldn't tell whether its head was turned toward me or away at times.[/quote]

Certainly looks like the camera did. Handled the ISO pretty well also. Nice work.

gwr Loc: South Dartmouth, Ma.

To pull off a shot like #2 (the eyes are incredible), under those conditions, is very impressive. Gary

larryim Loc: Ohio

craigart14 wrote:

Numbers two and five are the best. Great captures! Perhaps a little more dramatic with some cropping?

Is this what you had in mind by cropping more? I used Topaz Gigapixel AI to gain some resolution.

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Appy Loc: Flint Hills (Ks)

Well done. Beautiful bird.