Great Grey Owls (7 pics)

davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
edited March 16, 2005 in Wildlife
We drove about 90 miles north to find a Great Grey Owl.
We found 7. I got shots of 5 of them.

D Reb with the Sigma 80-400 o.s.

#1

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#2

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Me getting a pic of # 3 (taken with a Canon S1 IS with 1.6 t.c.)

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The pic that I was taking. #3

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#4 Sitting on a post, next to a 2 lane blacktop road. I was 15 feet from it.

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#5. He's cleaning up.

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#5. Done cleaning, just kickin back.

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Well, that's about it.
Thanks for looking.

dave.
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  • rahmonsterrahmonster Registered Users Posts: 1,376 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    great shots. I really like #2 with the blue sky behind him. Doesn't he look like a serious fellow?
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    davev wrote:
    We drove about 90 miles north to find a Great Grey Owl.
    We found 7. I got shots of 5 of them.

    D Reb with the Sigma 80-400 o.s.
    Thanks for looking.

    dave.
    Hey Dave,

    Outstanding shots. I've been hearing good things about the Sigma 80-400 lens and these pics sure back that up. Excellent work. clap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    beautiful owl

    nice work.
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  • windozewindoze Registered Users Posts: 2,830 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    i am so jealous!!! I love owl pictures! I wish i had owls near me - i wish i knew if i had owls near me.... anyway great captures!


    troy
    davev wrote:
    We drove about 90 miles north to find a Great Grey Owl.
    We found 7. I got shots of 5 of them.

    D Reb with the Sigma 80-400 o.s.

    #1

    40770693.jpg


    #2

    40770694.jpg


    Me getting a pic of # 3 (taken with a Canon S1 IS with 1.6 t.c.)

    40770695.jpg


    The pic that I was taking. #3

    40770699.jpg

    #4 Sitting on a post, next to a 2 lane blacktop road. I was 15 feet from it.

    40770696.jpg

    #5. He's cleaning up.

    40770697.jpg

    #5. Done cleaning, just kickin back.

    40770698.jpg


    Well, that's about it.
    Thanks for looking.

    dave.
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    Really, really nice shots, Dave. Super crisp, too. Nice work, man. thumb.gif
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  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    They're all great, but that number 3 just reaches out and grabs you. thumb.gif
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    rahmonster wrote:
    great shots. I really like #2 with the blue sky behind him. Doesn't he look like a serious fellow?
    The fifth one was the most serious. I made a cooing sound like a morning
    dove and he locked on to me instantly.

    Thanks for looking.

    dave/
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  • windozewindoze Registered Users Posts: 2,830 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    you take awesome images but I got to tell ya... you dont look like you are one to coo like a dove......

    troy
    davev wrote:
    The fifth one was the most serious. I made a cooing sound like a morning
    dove and he locked on to me instantly.

    Thanks for looking.

    dave/
  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Hey Dave,

    Outstanding shots. I've been hearing good things about the Sigma 80-400 lens and these pics sure back that up. Excellent work. clap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
    Thanks Harry. The lens worked pretty well, I had a few duds, but I should
    maybe expect that.

    I was hoping to get one in flight, but you can walk right up to em. I think
    they're used to people taking their pictures.:D

    dave.
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    andy wrote:
    beautiful owl

    nice work.
    Thanks andy.

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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    windoze wrote:
    i am so jealous!!! I love owl pictures! I wish i had owls near me - i wish i knew if i had owls near me.... anyway great captures!


    troy
    We were hoping to maybe get lucky and find a couple of different types
    of owls on our little ride, but it didn't happen.

    We saw:
    7 great grey owls
    5 deer (pictures didn't turn out)
    1 coyote (saw it in a field while going 70mph, no chance for a pic)
    and one golden eagle (we think, it had all the marking as the one in our book)

    I think it was a good day.

    Thanks Troy.

    dave.
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    wxwax wrote:
    Really, really nice shots, Dave. Super crisp, too. Nice work, man. thumb.gif
    Thanks Sid.

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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    Dixie wrote:
    They're all great, but that number 3 just reaches out and grabs you. thumb.gif
    Thanks Dixie. #3 turned out pretty well.

    dave.
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    windoze wrote:
    you take awesome images but I got to tell ya... you dont look like you are one to coo like a dove......

    troy
    You'd be amazed at what I'll say (or do) to get what I want.mwink.gif

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  • Tim KirkwoodTim Kirkwood Registered Users Posts: 900 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    I have looked at this set three times now.clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif They are wonderful!



    Thanks for sharing!


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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    Tim Kirkwood wrote:
    I have looked at this set three times now.clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif They are wonderful!

    Thanks for sharing!

    Tim
    Thanks Tim, I'm glad you liked them.

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  • tmlphototmlphoto Registered Users Posts: 1,444 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    Very nice Dave. Great work.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,963 moderator
    edited March 13, 2005
    I like #4. Nice close up.

    All great shots. Good work!

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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited March 13, 2005
    Great shots Dave!! Harry is going to be so jealous :D:D
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    tmlphoto wrote:
    Very nice Dave. Great work.
    Thanks Thomas.

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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    I like #4. Nice close up.

    All great shots. Good work!

    Ian
    Thanks Ian. They're quite photogenic.:D

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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    Wow...great shots! And in the middle of the day too! Well done. bowdown.gif











    yer avatar, on the other hand, skeers me... :uhoh
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    pathfinder wrote:
    Great shots Dave!! Harry is going to be so jealous :D:D

    Thanks Path, ( I don't know your real name )

    I doubt that Harry will jealous, he'll just put up great pic after great pic after
    great pic to bring me back down to earth.:D

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  • Lucky HackLucky Hack Registered Users Posts: 594 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    UNBELIEVABLE! That's an amazing set of shots. Last time I saw some that close they just sat there too, It's wierd how they just hang out and watch, they must be true predators, I'm sure they're the top of their food chain...
    Keep 'em comin'

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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    Man O Man those are awsome, can't even pick one there all great!! thumb.gifthumb.gifthumb.gif

    Something struck me on the last one, showed my wife we just started rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif , he's crosseyed!!rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    fish wrote:
    Wow...great shots! And in the middle of the day too! Well done. bowdown.gif
    Thanks fish. It had to be the middle of the day, I ain't getting up early on
    the weekend.:):
    fish wrote:
    yer avatar, on the other hand, skeers me... :uhoh
    This from a shark. You're killin me.rolleyes1.gif

    dave.
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    Lucky Hack wrote:
    UNBELIEVABLE! That's an amazing set of shots. Last time I saw some that close they just sat there too, It's wierd how they just hang out and watch, they must be true predators, I'm sure they're the top of their food chain...
    Keep 'em comin'

    hoping this message finds you well -Ian
    Thanks Ian. I one on the post was only about 4 to 5 feet off of the ground,
    I almost thought about reaching out to it, then I had a vision of pulling
    back a bloody stump, I kept my hands on my camera.:D

    Thanks for looking.

    dave.
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    bfjr wrote:
    Man O Man those are awsome, can't even pick one there all great!! thumb.gifthumb.gifthumb.gif

    Something struck me on the last one, showed my wife we just started , he's crosseyed!!
    Thanks.
    All the owls that we saw looked cross-eyed.ne_nau.gif

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  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    Awesome Shots, where were they taken?

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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    ehughes wrote:
    Awesome Shots, where were they taken?

    Ed
    Thanks Ed.

    We were just north of Hinckley Minnesota. (about 80 miles north of the twin cities)

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