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African Wood Owl
volker sthamer

African Wood Owl (Strix woodfordii)

To avoid disturbance when photographing animals at night I dont use the camera's flash light. I have a normal electric torch and I illuminate the target only inderectly, in this case the light focus is on the right branch
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Habitat
Forest edge
Location
Kibale, Uganda
Date taken
15.07.2019
Scientific name
Strix woodfordii
Equipment used
NIkon D750, Sigma 150-600 mm S
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Kits
What a gorgeous portrait of this lovely owl, Volker.
 
delia todd
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That look says "What are you doing" LOL

A wonderful owl picture this one Volker - many thanks for letting me see it my friend.
 
peterday
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The only one of your posts we've seen, in South Africa and Ethiopia. Excellent capture in tricky conditions. Tfs Volker.
 

Media information

Category
Africa
Added by
volker sthamer
Date added
View count
615
Comment count
11

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D750
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
600.0 mm
Exposure time
1/60 second(s)
ISO
200
Filename
Owl, African Wood, Afrikanischer Waldkauz, Strix woodfordii - UG.jpg
File size
1.4 MB
Date taken
Mon, 15 July 2019 9:25 PM
Dimensions
2500px x 1669px

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