Wild Tawny Owl feeding

[xkekeith]

Photographed this wild Tawny Owl feeding at Otterbourne last night:

Wild Tawny Owl by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Wild Tawny Owl by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Wild Tawny Owl by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Wild Tawny Owl by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Great set up using Hampshire Hide Hire.

[bizfreeq]

Very nice indeed

[Alfie]

Nice set of pictures, this looks very well lit, can you give me some information how it was lit.

[xkekeith]

The feeding area was lit by four radio controlled flashes linked to my camera and another four to the other photographer, they were positioned left, right and centre in front and one below behind but diffused.
The photo below shows the general layout, the Owl has been taking food here for four years and takes no notice of the flash. The LED panel was for general illumination when placing the food. The Costa coffee cup was used for manual focus of the lenses in advance of the Owls visit and then removed. It's feeding it's young at the moment so was very active. Lens was 100-400mm set at 400mm on a crop sensor Canon 7Dii. Hope this helps.

IMG_8090 by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

[Frank the Dog]

Absolutely stunning! Many thanks for sharing.

[BFM]

Amazing shots of a very interesting bird . Love the set up.Thanks for posting.

[goody]

Lovely photographs. Thanks for posting

[gazjue]

Amazing shots.