Our Apprentice says…

As the chicks flitted back and forth between the perches and the windows I took advantage of the crop factor on the D300s. The D300s has a smaller sensor than a full-frame D-SLR, so it records a smaller area of the image captured by the 500mm lens; it effectively functions as a 750mm lens. Elliott told me to isolate the one owl that flew up into the window. I cropped out the window frame around the owl and I think it looks like a studio portrait. The back of the room is so dark, it really makes the owl stand out. As I was shooting a draught blew through the window and I stopped. “Keep shooting!” Elliott exclaimed. “It looks different, and you can tell it’s a chick by the downy feathers that are blowing up.”