SimonArron

Great Grey Owl

Great Grey Owl

Captive great grey owl taken at Marwell Wildlife, Hampshire, UK, with Pentax K-3 and DA300mm f4. Wildlife isn't renowned for understanding photographic lig...
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Captive great grey owl taken at Marwell Wildlife, Hampshire, UK, with Pentax K-3 and DA300mm f4. Wildlife isn't renowned for understanding photographic light, but this owl obligingly wandered into the only shaft of sunshine as I was passing.
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PENTAX K-3

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Aperture f/4 ISO 800 Shutter 1/8000 Focal Length 30000/100

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Jan, 2016

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Utterly beautiful!!

The capture is incredible with it enjoying the warmth.

You could almost hear it saying, "Ahhhhhhhhhhh...."

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