The news came through to me via this post from Paul Wilson on one of our Facebook group pages:
This is indeed an honour as, although I've had several 'notable' awards, I never thought I'd ever actually get the top award for the week. This is what it looked like on the BirdGuides web page:
And this is what Steve Young, the BirdGuides 'Photo of the Week' judge had to say:
There is no getting away from the fact that Short-eared Owl is one of the most popular species among bird photographers. Wherever they're seen regularly during the winter, there will be photographers and Martyn Jones is one of many that have visited Lancashire's Lunt Nature Reserve.
This is a terrific shot, capturing the owl's wings on the downbeat, rather than on the easier 'upbeat and glide' pose that we see more often. The yellow eyes staring straight at the lens greatly enhances the image which is nicely exposed and composed, the owl being a good size in the frame, with sharpness across the image.
Congratulations to Martyn who used a 500mm lens, plus a 1.4x converter to take his winning image, shooting at 1/1600th second at f6.3, ISO1250
Steve Young
How could I not like that?
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