Posted by Craig Strand on April 15, 2011 at 10:00 AM
A pair of early 2011 arrivals, twin Great-horned Owlets. These two captured at the Ridgefield Nat'l Wildlife Refuge, WA. Not the best of conditions with yesterdays clouds and rain but it was great to see these two fuzz balls.
canon 7D
canon 600mm f4.0
F/4.5 1/100 ISO 640
auto beanbag window rest, CS4, LR2 and NIK suite of filters
Hi Craig, You've been getting such great shots at Ridgefield! I'm really impressed with them. This one is no exception. Fuzz balls is right. Aren't they cute!
Posted by Cliff Dodge on April 15, 2011 at 7:11 PM
Nice capture. I like the environment surrounding them. :)
Posted by David Bostock on April 16, 2011 at 9:22 AM
Huge cute factor here, Craig. Which side of the road are these little guys on?
Posted by John Williams on April 16, 2011 at 4:42 PM
Very cool! Now there's the definition of cute. Hopefully you'll be able to capture these guys several more times as they mature?
I like how the wood frames them so well, and how tack sharp the chicks are. (On a humorous note, my initial nit was that the left owl only has one eye showing, and then I went back and looked at my photo from Malheur......)
Posted by Scott Smorra on April 23, 2011 at 12:40 AM
This is awesome Craig. Pretty darn cute... I might consider cropping or cloning out the blue sky in the ULC.
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5 repliescanon 7D
canon 600mm f4.0
F/4.5 1/100 ISO 640
auto beanbag window rest, CS4, LR2 and NIK suite of filters
I like how the wood frames them so well, and how tack sharp the chicks are. (On a humorous note, my initial nit was that the left owl only has one eye showing, and then I went back and looked at my photo from Malheur......)