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Pasiani

Pasiani

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Hi everyone,

my name is Pasiani, I was born in Brazil. I started as an amateur photographer in 2012: natural landscapes, architecture, travel and later some wildlife. About a year ago I moved to Germany (not much wildlife here, but traveling is always an option).

I've been learning a lot from Steve's videos and hope to keep learning through the forum as well. I intend to post every now and then, when I take some image that is worth sharing. First one is my profile photo, a male burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia). Those are small owls, measuring about 25 cm (less than one foot) and weighing about 250 g (half a pound). I spent one year between 2020 and 2021 photographing two families of burrowing owls nearly on a daily basis in the brazilian backcountry. Photographing at extreme hot, dry and dusty conditions proved to be very challenging, but it was a lot of fun. The hardest part was getting close enough to the owls, because my lens only extends to 200 mm (FF equiv.). I hope you enjoy my first image, more to come. Wish you all a good weekend.

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Male burrowing owl. Sony RX10, 200 mm (equiv.), f/4 (f/11 equiv.), 1/800 s, ISO125. Location: Itajobi, Brazil. November 7, 2020 (17:41).
 
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Pasiani said:
Hi everyone,

my name is Pasiani, I was born in Brazil. I started as an amateur photographer in 2012: natural landscapes, architecture, travel and later some wildlife. About a year ago I moved to Germany (not much wildlife here, but traveling is always an option).

I've been learning a lot from Steve's videos and hope to keep learning through the forum as well. I intend to post every now and then, when I take some image that is worth sharing. First one is my profile photo, a male burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia). Those are small owls, measuring about 25 cm (less than one foot) and weighing about 250 g (half a pound). I spent one year between 2020 and 2021 photographing two families of burrowing owls nearly on a daily basis in the brazilian backcountry. Photographing at extreme hot, dry and dusty conditions proved to be very challenging, but it was a lot of fun. The hardest part was getting close enough to the owls, because my lens only extends to 200 mm (FF equiv.). I hope you enjoy my first image, more to come. Wish you all a good weekend.

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Male burrowing owl. Sony RX10, 200 mm (equiv.), f/4 (f/11 equiv.), 1/800 s, ISO125. Location: Itajobi, Brazil. November 7, 2020 (17:41).
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Welcome. This site is a wealth of info and all are willing to help
 
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Pasiani said:
I spent one year between 2020 and 2021 photographing two families of burrowing owls nearly on a daily basis in the brazilian backcountry.
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So, you almost lived with owl families and was aa part of them ;-)
So, you should have a burrowing owl as a profile photo because somehow it is also you. You as a personality or at least a pert of your personality :)
Welcome to the club!
 
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ElenaH said:
So, you almost lived with owl families and was aa part of them ;-)
So, you should have a burrowing owl as a profile photo because somehow it is also you. You as a personality or at least a pert of your personality :)
Welcome to the club!
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Thank you! Yes, at some point I really felt part of their family. However, even though I spent hundreds of hours near them, they wouldn't accept me to get too close, except in some rare occasions.
 
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