Birds Short Eared Owls - Part 0ne...

[Uncle Kevriano]

As the title suggests... part one of what may well turn into 3 posts, we will see. All shots taken at the same venue as Daves shots yesterday, 25/10.
All handheld, single centre point focus, no tracking, manually panned. They are not fast birds, but incredibly graceful, and we had the most perfect conditions for shooting. This is a selection from about a 3rd of my shots I've processed so far.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 320

The thing I find interesting about the shot below is the compression of perspective you get shooting with a long lens. The barns in the background are at least half a mile away.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 640

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 500

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 320

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 320

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1000

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 2000

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 2500

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 2000

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 2500

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[spudhead]

just wondering how you knew that was a bird Kev? did the camera tell you? or did you just get lucky

 

[Ivanturas]

I don't know what do I envy the most... that 200-600 mil, or the incredible eye and expertise you guys have when shooting birds.

 

[Unframed Dave]

Not bad Kev, not bad.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Not bad Kev, not bad.

Cheers Dave and Ivan

 

[Sdawes]

Cracking set Kev , same place as last winter ?

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Cracking set Kev , same place as last winter ?

Cheers Steve. Yes, more owls present, but we found out one actually stayed all year, which is great!

 

[Paul stuart]

Nice set look likes the owls have come in numbers for you this year ,same haunts in kent have thrown up seo in the last week i might get lucky to get the a7rv on to some of them this week ,are you shooting in crop mode or full sensor and cropping in post for shown images ,just that i am expecting the same performance as the a7r4 with regards tobif ,just that on my a1 if birds are distant the crop mode can be a benefit to auto focus .also that maybe in crop mode the af points will cover all the frame ? on R cameras

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Nice set look likes the owls have come in numbers for you this year ,same haunts in kent have thrown up seo in the last week i might get lucky to get the a7rv on to some of them this week ,are you shooting in crop mode or full sensor and cropping in post for shown images ,just that i am expecting the same performance as the a7r4 with regards tobif ,just that on my a1 if birds are distant the crop mode can be a benefit to auto focus .also that maybe in crop mode the af points will cover all the frame ? on R cameras

Cheers Paul. I pretty much shoot in crop all of the time for wildlife, it helps me track the birds better in the viewfinder. It doesn't help with focus points for me, because I use single centre, no tracking.

 

[spudhead]

Cheers Paul. I pretty much shoot in crop all of the time for wildlife, it helps me track the birds better in the viewfinder. It doesn't help with focus points for me, because I use single centre, no tracking.

Old guy style Kev

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Old guy style Kev

If it ain't broke...

 

[Tim Mayo]

Cracking shots Kev. I hope you've got some free wall space for hanging them up!

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Cracking shots Kev. I hope you've got some free wall space for hanging them up!

Thanks Tim. Better ones to come yet ..