Bored with the Paparazzi

Gallery: AvianPosted January 14, 2012283 views13 comments

Or at least that's the way I took the gesture.

This one provided the classic bird on a stick and in one series I took seemed intent on removing the bark from it for some reason.

1D4, 500mm ISL + 1.4TC, Black Widow on Gitzo legs, f11, 1/1000, manual exposure, iso 400, normal processing in CS4, cropped to 25% of full frame.

Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Charles Gangas on January 14, 2012 at 11:11 PM

I think you're right here Dennis-these guys must be bored with all the attention-I'm not though. Nice clean image-good detail and neat pose.

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on January 15, 2012 at 8:31 AM

Great pose! I thought he looked like he was laughing!

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Comment posted by May Haga on January 15, 2012 at 11:23 AM

Okay, you are right he looks bored with the Paparazzi - great shot.
May

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on January 15, 2012 at 11:44 AM

Hi Dennis, I must've been right along side of you when you took this shot as I've got a similar image. Nice to get him mid yawn. The Owls didn't seem to care much about the photographers. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 15, 2012 at 11:53 AM

The yawn makes this image different from all the other snowy images. I like the simple comp too.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on January 15, 2012 at 12:57 PM

A very nice pose and great sharpness on this one- The image is pleasant indeed, and its title is fantastic- Thanks for sharing, Fabio

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on January 15, 2012 at 2:25 PM

Dennis he might be bored but it's made you a very nice image.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 15, 2012 at 4:25 PM

A very expressive yawn for sure, if I wasn't there I might think she was laughing at all us photogs. Sweet Photo!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on January 16, 2012 at 5:48 PM

I love the yawn and your title, Dennis. Very nice image, great techs and something a little different. Great job.

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Comment posted by Sonja Otto on January 16, 2012 at 10:31 PM

What a great shot! It makes you want to laugh right along with him. Very different perspective and a fun one for sure.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 17, 2012 at 6:45 AM

Unique & fun image Dennis, I can't remember seeing an owl doing anything quite like this before..
Great detail and POV of the bird, tonsils included

Say ahhhh!

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Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on January 17, 2012 at 11:12 AM

Great shot and title. Wish I could find one to shoot.

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Comment posted by dan elster on January 19, 2012 at 6:15 PM

Once again, I'm wondering if i was next to you. Cute shot.

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