Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

[REVEREND (Raymond)]

I enjoy nothing more than shooting owls with my canon..

Cheers Reverend.

[gregbradley]

Terrific shot. I hear a lot around my property but rarely see one.

Greg.

[astroron (Ron)]

Beautiful.
Thanks for posting.
Cheers

[omegacrux (David)]

Nice one

David

[CJ (Chris)]

Very nice.

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Sheesh, Raymond. What did u do? Walk right up and stick a lens in his face?
That's great detail and colour. Really nice photo.
Trev

[REVEREND (Raymond)]

Thanks everyone.

Sheesh, Raymond. What did u do? Walk right up and stick a lens in his face?

The secret with owls is to use a red led torch. The red doesn't bother them and you can get within 8/10 mtrs of them. I have even managed a pic of the rare and endangered ( for our area) Masked Owl using this method. I will post up a pic of it shortly.

Cheers Reverend.