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Gallery: AvianPosted May 21, 2013377 views22 comments

This pair of owls stay in a group of trees next to my property. I hear them in the evening and morning during certain times of the year. They were fond of using a perch in my backyard. One evening I set on the patio with a wireless remote and the camera and flash preset on the perch hoping one of them would land. This is one of the photos I was able to get.

Canon 7D
Canon 70-200 II IS 2.8
1/250 f8
ISO 160

C&C is always appreciated.

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on May 21, 2013 at 9:02 AM

Awesome photo. Well planned, well executed.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on May 21, 2013 at 10:36 AM

This plan paid off well, Cool shot . . .

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on May 21, 2013 at 10:43 AM

Your time and effort in setting up this shot really paid off. Excellent.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on May 21, 2013 at 11:28 AM

Great moment, well captured ! Congrats ! Hans

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 21, 2013 at 11:43 AM

Excellent!

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Comment posted by Suzanne Huot on May 21, 2013 at 12:21 PM

Awesome .well done and thanks for sharing with us.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 21, 2013 at 4:10 PM

An awesome momment you captured of this pair Leroy. Excellent work with the flash.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on May 21, 2013 at 4:19 PM

Leroy you have a top class piece of photography in this fine shot.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on May 21, 2013 at 5:19 PM

A great capture LeRoy, I like the eyes.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on May 21, 2013 at 5:55 PM

A very nice capture of the owl version of the spaghetti scene in Disney's Lady & the Tramp

...............................Jim

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 21, 2013 at 7:24 PM

Great planning & execution, great results LeRoy.
Very good use of flash, wonderful moment in time.. Kinda cute too

Well done

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on May 21, 2013 at 8:31 PM

Absolutely great image... love the different colors of the birds - how one has dilated eyes and the other doesn't. The prey is really interesting too (snake? worm?). I would try and tone down the brightness of the "perch" a bit and make the image look less "flash-banged". Perhaps increase the warmth?

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on May 21, 2013 at 11:51 PM

Fantastic image, well done!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 22, 2013 at 3:12 PM

Really an outstanding moment you managed to capture LeRoy.

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Comment posted by William Baer on May 22, 2013 at 9:22 PM

I like these to fellows, very clear and sharp. Looks like they were hungry! Great work!

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on May 22, 2013 at 10:42 PM

Awesome action capture ! The pair of eyes highlight the whole scene. Very well done !

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Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on May 23, 2013 at 1:35 AM

Amazing shot. Well planned and well executed.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on May 23, 2013 at 4:27 PM

Nice moment captured. Sharon

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Comment posted by LeRoy Gunderson on May 28, 2013 at 9:12 AM

Thanks to everyone for such wonderful comments.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on May 29, 2013 at 6:46 PM

LeRoy,
Now you Talking,
Congratulations on the WP . . .

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on May 30, 2013 at 3:55 AM

Exquisite!! Well worth the time spent on the porch with remote release in hand. Congratulations on the Pick for this great capture!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 5, 2013 at 12:28 PM

Excellent catch! Very good flash work, although maybe just a bit bright.
Great eyes - congrats on the WP!
Sandy

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