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A short-eared owl with streaked brown and buff plumage sits on a grassy tussock amid open tawny moorland, with a shallow pool and a soft, hazy horizon behind…

Short-eared Owl on Open Moor

A lone wild short-eared owl rests on a grassy tussock in wide, empty moorland under soft overcast light.

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Authentic nature photograph, 4:3 landscape. A single wild short-eared owl sits upright on a rush-covered tussock in the lower right third of a wide open moorland, photographed from about twenty metres with a 500mm telephoto lens at ground level. Streaked buff and brown plumage with accurate anatomy, pale facial disc, yellow eyes looking out across the moor. Surroundings are empty: rolling pale tawny grasses, patches of heather and a few dark rain pools fading to a soft grey misty horizon. Soft diffuse overcast daylight, no harsh shadows, muted natural colours, believable exposure, shallow depth of field, subtle sensor grain. Calm, spacious, quiet documentary feel. No people, no text, no logos, no watermarks.

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