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02-AUG-2005

Grass Owl

Scientific name - Tyto capensis

Habitat - Grasslands and canefields.

[20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]

Canon EOS 20D
1/500s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso800 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

leo palo III		02-Feb-2006 03:38
bro, komopya na ako..pansariling gamit lang para sa wall paper ko...pasensiya na nauna na akong nag download...\ ty po.

Scott		16-Oct-2005 00:10
Incredible photo! As soon as I saw it, I wondered who was going to want it for their magazine!

romy ocon		03-Aug-2005 01:37
Got lucky today (August 2, 2005) to get tons of pics of the flying Grass Owl in decent light, which is rarely possible because these birds normally come out during dawn and dusk only. I feel most of the owl photos are good enough to land in this elite Top 25 list, displacing the male Purple-Throated Sunbird. However, I chose this particular pic because of the difficulty of capture (low light = difficult AF, high ISO and relatively low shutter speed). The bird was coming at me and the AI servo (center point) lock held on despite the busy background and low light. The relatively low shutter speed left the wings with a nice motion blur, and the spot-on AF rendered the face sharp. The layered appearance and nice colors of the background provided the seasoning.

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