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finally got an opportunity at a clean shot of this and i get home and looks like the camera was set at f10 for some reason. must have knocked the wheel a bit but still descent shot.
finally got an opportunity at a clean shot of this and i get home and looks like the camera was set at f10 for some reason. must have knocked the wheel a bit but still descent shot.
I have not been able to capture let alone spot an owl for the life of me.
I have not been able to capture let alone spot an owl for the life of me.
they are extremely tough, sometimes you can have one pointed out to you and still not see it. The problem isn’t just spotting them is being able to get a good picture of them because they’re usually so far back in the dense forest that a picture is worthless. once you see them as long as you dont spook them they will usually roost in the same area every day. So just keep visiting the same sight and your chances of seeing them increase.
but I like the challenge of finding them, and then trying to find the angle to photograph them.
so far I have three species of owl spotted:
barn
barred
great horn
would love to find the eastern screech, long ear & short ear. And the real tough ones in my area are saw whet and snowy. The snowy’s are gone for this year and saw whets should be moving out now to higher ground.
where do you live? I found ebird very helpful
Last edited by jerseydrew; 04-09-2024 at 12:44 PM.
they are extremely tough, sometimes you can have one pointed out to you and still not see it. The problem isn’t just spotting them is being able to get a good picture of them because they’re usually so far back in the dense forest that a picture is worthless. once you see them as long as you dont spook them they will usually roost in the same area every day. So just keep visiting the same sight and your chances of seeing them increase.
but I like the challenge of finding them, and then trying to find the angle to photograph them.
so far I have three species of owl spotted:
barn
barred
great horn
would love to find the eastern screech, long ear & short ear. And the real tough ones in my area are saw whet and snowy. The snowy’s are gone for this year and saw whets should be moving out now to higher ground.
where do you live? I found ebird very helpful
Nice. I know its a game of patience and that is admittedly not one of my strengths, at least not with owls. I live in the DMV area, so there is an abundance of forested area to go looking. Just have to find them.
Nice. I know its a game of patience and that is admittedly not one of my strengths, at least not with owls. I live in the DMV area, so there is an abundance of forested area to go looking. Just have to find them.
check out the ebird site and look at whats been spotted near you recently, you do not have to join just go to the “explore” page
St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19-'20-'21-'22-'23-'24
Hooded Oriole in my yard. They have been coming for 5 years and build nests in our Palm Trees. I have an Oriole feeder that we fill with our Hummingbird mix, they share.
St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19-'20-'21-'22-'23-'24
They just did a bird count in our area and the Bird of the Year is the Lazuli Bunting. Amazing, a pair showed up at my feeder. I learned that at 80 I'm not that good at hand holding a 300mm lens! Later photos with tripod.
04-07-2024, 04:19 PM
