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Great Grey

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Posted by Richard Olsen on March 13, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Great Grey
Another one off my Bucket List!
I found a couple of Great Grey Owls yesterday and was able to photograph them for a while....what a treat!

Canon 7D
500 f4
1/250 f8
ISO 400
Posted by Don George on March 13, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Have had the opportunity to photograph this bird several times in Wyoming but never in Colorado. Great catch love the detail on the feathers. Its amazing how they stay in place and allow you to photograph them. Did you get any flight shots?
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on March 13, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Sweet! I love that face.
Posted by Morris McClung on March 13, 2011 at 7:25 PM
Nice shot of the bird. Excellent detail. Next time maybe you could put a 2 pixel border around a high-key like this to better define the edges of the image.
Posted by Richard Olsen on March 13, 2011 at 8:39 PM
Something like this? I wondered about that after I had posted it.
Posted by John Mumaw on March 14, 2011 at 12:34 AM
That border makes one heckuva difference! This is an excellent catch, Richard. Looks like you nailed a tricky exposure. Personally, I think you could lose that errant feather on the left if you were so inclined.
Posted by Richard Olsen on March 14, 2011 at 12:21 PM
I wondered about the feather, but decided to leave it. There was a pretty good breeze blowing and at times the whole owl was ruffled. I was surprised with the feathers down the back and how much they moved with the breeze.