Short-eared Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted June 5, 2012254 views10 comments

Olympus E5, ZD300f2.8, 2xTC, ISO200, f7.1, 1/400 resting on vehicle window

Got this SEO yesterday morning on the same drive as the Osprey. This is a different SEO than the last one I posted, and was pretty skittish so I couldn't get very close. This is about a 50% crop and the bg is a green field, which was nice as I usually have a brown field as bg. Again, it was cloudy and breezy that morning so not as much light as I would have liked.

All wild and natural - no setups or baiting ever

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on June 5, 2012 at 8:36 AM

Love the funky head turn. Agreed, the green background is a nice one. And I always appreciate "wild and natural".

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on June 5, 2012 at 10:50 AM

Beautiful stare and nice detail. I would like to see a tighter crop and maybe with th owl to the left side not the right.

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Comment posted by Bob Karcz on June 5, 2012 at 12:01 PM

Great Background, good eyes, good perch!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 5, 2012 at 12:17 PM

Sweet pose, greet eyes, and soft subtle BG.
Nice!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on June 5, 2012 at 3:13 PM

Very vivid. Are you sure you are not a taxidermist? Great shot.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 5, 2012 at 5:52 PM

Terrific. Great subject; nice composition and technicals.

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on June 7, 2012 at 12:26 AM

Love the owl's 'look' and the pleasing green background. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 8, 2012 at 11:27 AM

Another excellent owl shot Dave. I think we need to call you the "Owl Guy" moving forward. Nice techs...especially for a 50% crop and the green BG in this is really complimentary as well.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on June 10, 2012 at 4:13 PM

Dave i do like the alert pose and it sits really well on that nice bg.

Keith.

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 12, 2012 at 1:20 PM

Another beauty Dave.

May

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