Short-eared Owl on a hunt - New York

Approaching Short-eared Owl locked on target:

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photographed this Short-eared Owl on an overcast day Black Dirt region in Orange County, New York.

By manually setting a proper exposure for an owl, camera overexposed the sky rendering it almost white. No photoshop tricks here folks :) All done in a camera...

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