OWL juvenile

Gallery: AvianPosted June 26, 201069 views5 comments

This is one of the two Great Horned Owlets spotted over the past month or so, usually with a parent perched nearby. Most of the fuzzy downy feathers are gone as more mature flight feathers are taking shape. This pair hatched at the Ridgefield Nat'l Wildlife Refuge, WA.

Larger image available, thanks for viewing!

canon 7D
canon 600mm f4.0 IS USM + 1.4TC
F/8 1/5600 ISO 1000
wimberly head, tripod, cable release

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 26, 2010 at 7:41 PM

Nice capture!
The face seems slightly soft to me.
Kind of an awkward angle - I wonder if you could have drawn his attention a bit, so he would have looked at you for the shot?
A little tight at the bottom for me, but perhaps ther was something there you wanted to crop out.
I'd love to have this in my files as is!

Sandy r

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 27, 2010 at 9:10 AM

I like the intense gaze you captured Craig. I might take the crop square to emphasize the bird a little more but I like the image as posted.

Pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Conway on June 27, 2010 at 10:07 AM

Craig, My favorite part of the image is that the owl is intensely staring at something other than you. Awesome!

I agree with Pat on the idea of a square crop, the extra at the top draws away from the owl.

Good stuff!

Peter

Registered on June 25, 2007, 347 Posts, 3913 Comments

Comment posted by wade pettitt on June 27, 2010 at 10:05 PM

Gotta love those eyes, Well done Craig!!

Registered on May 6, 2009, 184 Posts, 471 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 28, 2010 at 7:25 PM

Beautiful job, Craig. I like this a lot.

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