With wintry storms passing over the Cornish heaths yesterday the weather was very drab and images taken were almost totally lacking in colour so it seemed like a good time to consider some Black & White Portraits,
The wind direction was favourable which created several easy locations to gain a position where the three Short-eared Owls present were head-on as they hunted into the wind in slow moving flight patterns.
Waiting for the birds to fly in close I worked in single shot mode and only fired when I had good eye contact or when the birds were showing full frame on a 500mm lens with a 1.7 Tele-converter fitted to provide a 850mm focal length.
Auto ISO varied between 500-1000 and I kept shutter speeds down to between 1/500th and 1/1000th of a second to gain detail but hold motion blur on maximum apertures in the low light
I was pleased with the eye impact and the plumage details achieved in what was difficult working conditions on the day
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