Inverness photographer captures stunning photo of owl in motion

This stunning photograph shows an owl with its wings motion – like a hummingbird’s.

The snap was taken using a slow shutter speed, meaning the movement of the wings has become a blur.

Amateur photographer Harald Huber has been visiting the mother owl and her four chicks near where he lives in Inverness.

He used a 1/40 shutter speed to capture the bird’s wings in motion.

The 46-year-old said: “It was pure fluke, I could hear this noise in the forest and I went to see what it was.

“It was a nest with owl babies, I managed to get closer to them.

“Sometimes the mother stays there and poses for me.”

Mr Huber, who works as a carpenter, first noticed the owl family a fortnight ago.

The father-of-three said: “I decided to give them peace as I don’t want to disturb the babies.

“It was rather dark and I reduced the shutter speed right down to try and get something like that.

“It looks more like a hummingbird than an owl.”