SAME STORY, BETTER LIGHT...


Nikon D750, Sigma 150-600mm / f5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports Lens, tripod, Induro GHB2 gimbal head

Same thing as yesterday, two little owlet heads peaked over the edge of the big nest from time to time. The adult Great Horned Owl was again sitting in different trees, not too far from the nest. But what a difference today photographically spoken. Yesterday, with the dark gray sky, was like biting into a lemon. The only way to make lemonade was using fill flash for having some colors. But even then the gray background just sucked…

The clouds were about to move out of our area and a shaft of low sun light and the subject (Mrs. Owl) against a partly blue sky make all the difference…