Masked Owl

[REVEREND (Raymond)]

I was lucky to be the first person to photograph one of these in our area. They are very rare and have only been seen on a couple of occasions. This fella is nearly twice the size of a Barn Owl.
Cheers Reverend.

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Beautiful looking bird. Another great photo, (and thx for the red light heads up on the other thread).

Trev

[REVEREND (Raymond)]

Thanks Trev. The red led works with most native animals. I have used it on bandicoots, possums, even got a night shot of a Black-shouldered Kite.
Cheers Reverend.

[astronobob (Bob)]

A mighty fine Photo there Raymond, a spectacular creature
We have the occasional owl here 'in the burbs too' but havent photo'd one yet, the flash metering whilst focusing etc scares them away, so Im assuming Re: Red LED is enough for focusing without the flash going off before the shot is taken ? They can fly away then, if choose, which is all the time in my case

[REVEREND (Raymond)]

Thanks Bob. My torch is 5 watt, so you can use auto focus, although I prefer to use manual .
Cheers Reverend.

[astroron (Ron)]

Beautiful photo,Raymond of a splendid creature.
Thanks for sharing.l
I haven't ever taken a pic of an Owl either.
Hear lots seen very few.
Cheers

[REVEREND (Raymond)]

Thanks for looking and commenting Ron.

Cheers Reverend.