Great Horned owl chick

Gallery: AvianPosted July 16, 2010169 views11 comments

This chick is now about 5 months old and just starting to get horns, or at least one.
The two remaining chicks like to perch on this post in the shade of a willow tree most afternoons to start the evenings hunt.

Canon 50D Canon 400 2.8 w/1.4 ex iso 800 1/400th @ 6.3

Comments always welcome.
Thanks for looking.

Neil

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Raymond Klassen on July 16, 2010 at 6:19 PM

The lighting and color scheme here makes this look almost paint like. Very nice!

Registered on November 30, 2008, 114 Posts, 790 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 16, 2010 at 6:24 PM

Neil, a beautiful chick, great pose, intense eyes. Love the BG and bit of green to add interest.
I might move him just slightly to the right - a bit more dead space than is needed, imo.
Sandy r

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Olsen on July 16, 2010 at 6:40 PM

Nice photo with good oof background, and the willow leaves add a nice touch. The owl's stare is great and very nice feather detail

Registered on October 19, 2006, 306 Posts, 1571 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on July 16, 2010 at 7:58 PM

How wonderful to see this! The one I saw not long ago was well shaded and made a poor photo. So exciting to find one, congrats on a spectacular image of it.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on July 16, 2010 at 10:31 PM

Wonderful soft light; great bird; nice pose. Well done.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Conway on July 16, 2010 at 10:45 PM

Superb. Love the light and the BG.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on July 17, 2010 at 12:11 PM

Neil,

Love the background, the soft colors are very appealing. Wonderful pose, light, neat texture in the post and a great view of the eyes. Well done!

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Bennett on July 17, 2010 at 6:55 PM

Lovely image.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on July 18, 2010 at 1:02 AM

Nice one Neil - like the subdued light and pinks in the background. Foliage really helps also.

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 18, 2010 at 5:12 PM

Love this Neal! Great pose, bg and I like the bit of greenery in the corner, congrats!

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on July 19, 2010 at 8:42 AM

A very strong image Neil. The bird looks great and I really like both background and green leaves in the corner. I especially like that this shot is so clean - something I don't have of the species.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments