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Long-eared Owl (c)

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Posted by Edwin kats on July 3, 2008 at 5:20 PM
Long-eared Owl (c)
OK, back to the birds again. After all those bears it's good to process some bird pics. This one is also from the wonderful barn Owl center wich I visited together with Danny. We had a great time with some wonderful birds.

iso 200 1/160 sec. F5

Edwin Kats
Posted by Jeroen Stel on July 3, 2008 at 5:29 PM
I just love that "evil-stare" through those trees...
Allthough this is a captive animal i still really like how you have managed to give it a feel as though this could have been shot somewhere wild!

Well done matey!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by John Robinson on July 3, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Although a subject captive it can sometimes be harder than in the wild !!
I like this, but I reckon get rid of all the trees except the one it's sat on !! A nice long vertical would then be good
(That's just my personal opinion Edwin.)
Cheers
JR :cool:
Posted by Edwin kats on July 3, 2008 at 5:40 PM
Thanks guys.

John: Of course I have this one also as a nice long vertical :biggrin:

Edwin Kats
Posted by Ian Mason on July 3, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Very nice indeed. Looks very different from the LEO's I had the pleasure of watching recently (I hadn't seen one previously). The eyes are yellow rather than red and the face is narrower. OK, mine was a juvenile. The Americans made the same observation about mine - could this be an American LEO?
Posted by Andy Astbury on July 4, 2008 at 1:58 AM
You know what I thought of this image when I first saw it and my opinion hasn't changed any - cracker of a shot sunshine - the OoF trees make the comp :wavey: :toast:

Very reminiscent of a certain GSW shot taken by some one else - now what was the guys name :confused: :confused: :wink: :wink:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on July 4, 2008 at 2:49 AM
The owl blends well with the tress, great camo, great hunter, great shot, good comp, but then what else.

Love the colours!

Steve
Posted by Dave Courtenay on July 4, 2008 at 8:30 AM
Where is it :biggrin:
Very creative image of a stunning bird

Dave :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on July 6, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Shows their great camouflage - if it shuts its eyes it could just be another branch - and for that the other trees make the composition really work well :smile: