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Antelope Island Burrowing Owl

Antelope Island Burrowing Owl

For Father's Day 2018 I went to Antelope Island in Utah. There are burrowing owls living on the island. They do not like people getting close so this was s...
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For Father's Day 2018 I went to Antelope Island in Utah. There are burrowing owls living on the island. They do not like people getting close so this was shot with a Tamron 150 to 600mm lens. Even at 600mm the lens still didn't bring the birds into the frame very well. This shot is heavily cropped.
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NIKON D500

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Aperture 63/10 ISO 200 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 600/1

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Jun, 2018

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Please consider submitting to the "Birds of Prey" - UpClose challenge.

thank you, I will.

Great picture ! Come and check out a few of mine sometime 😃😄

thanks much Julia. I would love to check out your photos

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Thank you for entering my “Best Wildlife from 2018” challenge! Best of luck!

thank you Eddie. you are a fine member for this site. creating challenges is appreciated

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Your photo has made the Top Ten in my Wild Raptors photo challenge. Having a hard time narrowing it down, so it is still being considered to be a challenge winner

I am honored, thank you very much

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