Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

You know that you are in an "f8 and be there" situation when you're standing in a line of 8 photographers all with telephoto lenses on tripods and you can hear every motor drive firing at the same time. ; Yesterday at the state park at the south end of Manasota key, Charlotte County, Florida, ; I found myself in such a situation. ; Some photographers had been waiting for the better part of the day waiting for some action by the fledgling great horned owls in a nest. ; I did not arrive at the site until about 5:30 PM and stayed until the park closed at 6:30PM. ; Fortunately for me that was when all the action occurred. ; The fledgling owls are just a day or two away from leaving the nest permanently. ; They were putting on a show of flying from one side of the nest to the other and going off to nearby trees. ; I was using a Nikon D-7000 with a Nikon 400mm lens on tripod. ; ISO 800, f5.6 at 1/3200sec for most of the shots. ; ;

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Fledgling Great Horned Owl Manasota Key, Florida

 

Mom made a brief appearance with her offspring in the nest.

 

Great series!

Erich