Nature photographers have a tendency to show the most beautiful parts of our natural world. However, the world is a tough place, and revealing this part is so much harder.
Working with the Eagle Owl I have spent several nights in a hide hoping to get the correct light and additional action to go with it. This one night it was suppose to be a full moon, and I knew it would set behind the bird if it was there. But Mother Earth wanted it otherwise.
The bird came in nicely, started hooting and then "killed" the duck in the usual way, ripping of the head first. The moon was up, but still quit high. After a while the bird came back for more, but just as it sat down it started raining. Just a few drops at first, but after a while the sky opened and it was pouring down more then ever before this summer. The owl was immediately soaked and was just sitting there, as paralyzed. Owls have very soft feathers and are not very well protected against wet weather, and this bird was really getting it. It was pouring for over half an hour before it stopped, during that time my off camera flashes was as soaked as the bird and had stopped working.
During the night the clouds cleared and the moon came back out. However, the bird was long gone. It stayed for a while, before taking the whole duck to a better place to enjoy the meal and dry up.
2 comments:
for noen tøffe bilder! Skal si det er rovdyr dette ja! Spesiellt det bildet hvor den river hodet av anda da!!
Mvh Linda
Hubroen er den råeste fuglen jeg vet om!
Roy
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