#Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight. Exceptions include the diurnal northern hawk-owl and the gregarious burrowing owl. A group of owls is called a "parliament."

Featured here are some owls I have been fortunate to capture over the years and like always some were easy, some were all night stands, some were in the freezing cold, some were a long walk through dense jungles, with some there was light, with some there was none.

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One of the most challenging aspects of wildlife photography is getting close to the subject. The act of moving stealthily and stalking wildlife is known as “fieldcraft”, and it comes with experience of being outdoors and learning from the mistakes we make. Approaching animals is a marathon, not a sprint, and fast approaches will result in clumsy errors that cause the subject to become jumpy and eventually & very quickly disappears into the distance or undergrowth.

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The Yezo sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) is one of the many subspecies of the sika deer found on the island of Hokkaido. Mainly a forest-dwelling deer, they prefer forested areas that have a dense understory. The sika that inhabit the island of Hokkaido are indigenous, although it is not known whether they originated there or migrated from the main island of Japan. It is thought they may have traveled across the strait between the islands.

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A sunbeam is a beam of sunlight that appears to radiate from the Sun's position. Shining through openings in clouds or between other objects such as mountains and buildings, these beams of particle-scattered sunlight are separated by darker shadowed volumes. Crepuscular rays or "God rays" are sunbeams that originate when the sun is below the horizon, during twilight hours but not necessarily always as these photos will illustrate.

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The word Halcyon, which is also the genus for Tree #Kingfishers, is a term for peace and tranquillity. Being extremely territorial, these active little birds are anything but tranquil; nor are they quiet, as their calls can often be heard from the tree-tops in an otherwise peaceful wilderness. 

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Myths & misconceptions surround this diminutive bird, which can hide in plain sight despite its dazzling plumage. The most enduring #kingfisher myth owes its 2,000-year history partly to Aristotle, who claimed that the bird made its nest on the sea surface in a period of winter calm.

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#Kingfishers are a family of small to medium-sized, brightly coloured birds in the order #Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species found in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The family contains 114 species and is divided into three subfamilies and 19 genera. I have been able to photograph a few of these across Asia Pacific with some coming quite easily and some coming after waiting for hours, damp and cold but worth every bit the wait. Featured here are a few species, some easily seen and some rare, threatened and critically endangered.

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One of the most charming contrasting color effects you can get in photography is by using infrared. An easy way to understand near-infrared light is to think of it as the color of the rainbow next to red, a color that is invisible to the human eye. But near-infrared is not the same as thermal imaging which is far-infrared. What I have done here in my photographs is leverage the near-infrared spectrum and have tried to provide a look into an invisible world present in the visible around us. #wildartworks, #infraredphotography, #longexposurephotography