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A break in the wet dark weather tonight and I shot out to try out my new teleconverter. This almost one-eyed Barn Owl ive spent time getting to know, gave me the trial run I needed. :)

http://www.tomcharles-photography.co.uk/barnowl.htm
Habitat
Open Farmland
Date taken
04/09/2008
Scientific name
Tyto alba
Equipment used
Canon 20D; Canon 500mm f/4 + 1.4x tc
Awesome head on shot Tom
Glad to here the equipment is working well.
thanks
 
Thanks again everyone :)

Don, yes, when theyre flying towards you, its very tricky trying to maintain focus
 
Very tricky trying to maintain focus??.......its very tricky not to drop your gear and run like a redshank !!!:eek!::eek!:

Marvelous Shot.
 
Ian, when theyre as close as this one was last night, it was 'tricky' not laying one like an Ostrich! lol

Thanks
 

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