Great Grey Owls

tshaddicktshaddick Registered Users Posts: 185 Major grins
edited November 11, 2011 in Wildlife
These are some shots of a Great Grey Owl a couple weeks ago in Alberta. I really love how piercing the eyes are.

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  • AllenAllen Registered Users Posts: 10,013 Major grins
    edited November 7, 2011
    WOW

    Send one down this way :D
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  • NetgardenNetgarden Registered Users Posts: 829 Major grins
    edited November 7, 2011
    Lovely shots! You captured their personalities too. Wish we had them here on the west coast!
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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited November 7, 2011
    Both of those are positively striking images. Netgarden is right, their intent comes right out in those shots.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited November 7, 2011
    Excellent captures, ypou caught it at the right time of day also. Looks like it was just getting ready to do some hunting.
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  • bhowdybhowdy Registered Users Posts: 658 Major grins
    edited November 7, 2011
    Excellent images ... Well Done clap.gif
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  • tshaddicktshaddick Registered Users Posts: 185 Major grins
    edited November 7, 2011
    Thanks for all your comments. Moments after I took the first picture he dove off the fence post and into a farmers field to catch some dinner. Unfortunately unsuccessfully. I really like how in these images I was able to capture the "attitude" of the owl. And fortunately it wasn't too dark, which is typically the case when I see these guys, so I could keep my ISOs reasonable, and didn't get too much noise. I think these are one of my favorite animals to capture.
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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2011
    I agree excellent images. There is just something abouot owls that I love.
    Regards - Dennis

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