Posted January 15th, 2009

Lemme in! It's cold out here!

One day last week I heard a bang resound from the direction of my sunroom and I went to find this owl sprawled upside down on the adjacent deck, flapping its wings helplessly; clearly it had flown into the glass. It was still when I went outside to check on it and I wasn’t sure if it was even alive. I left it for a few minutes and returned to find it perched three feet from a kitchen window on this 2x4 post that helps support a cache of firewood. There it sat for a few hours until dusk. That gave me plenty of time to photograph it but conditions presented a challenge to getting a good image. Aside from the bird not looking its best in its dazed state, frontal lighting was poor, the background was cluttered and there were problematic reflections in the window. I did my best and, with a little help from Photoshop, produced this shot. I believe the subject is a Boreal Owl; someone correct me if I am wrong.
Pentax K10D, Tamron AF 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DiII LD IF Macro @ 170mm, f/8.0