Close Encounter

I must admit to have become a little bit obsessed with capturing images of Barn Owls recently and I’m following up on as many leads as possible to capture what I have pre visualised. So far, my experiences have been mixed! Very occasionally I’ve been lucky enough to photograph an Owl for an hour whilst it quarters the field in search of Field Voles or Shrews. However, more often than not my experience has involved staring at an empty field or meadow for hours on end with only the most distant sight of one. Of course every time I’ve moved to another location where I can see the Owl flying its always flown back to the original field where I’d been waiting. In this case I’d waited by one of the Owls favourite perches for 3 hours when I saw an Owl flying in an adjacent field. I walked away from my position and managed to capture this close up image as it flew by me. I watched as it landed in the distance on the post that I’d been waiting by. I was lucky on this occasion but next time I’ll wait for the Owl to fly to me!