Great Horned Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted December 9, 20131,649 views5 comments

From Bosque last week, this owl was one of several raptors brought down from Albuquerque by a raptor recovery organization to our workshop. Thanks again to Keith, Doug and Greg for arranging this fascinating and enjoyable opportunity to photograph these birds up close and personal. Not much was done to this image other than the jess that he was tethered to was cloned out.

D90
18-200mm
ISO 400
200mm
1/250 @ f/5.6
HH
Full frame(not cropped)

Thanks for looking.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 9, 2013 at 9:37 PM

I was wondering where you found a Great Horned Owl out in the open so nicely. Nice shot, John.. Beautiful detail and excellent dof. For some reason the color balance on your thumbnail doesn't look the same as the images-isn't that weird?

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on December 9, 2013 at 9:51 PM

Thanks for the comments Dennis and you're right the thumbnails look different. Not sure what that is all about.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on December 10, 2013 at 6:34 PM

This is very nice John, no nits here.
Beautiful work

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Comment posted by May Haga on December 10, 2013 at 8:36 PM

Absolute beauty John. Love the way the owl is looking right at you.
May

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on December 10, 2013 at 9:05 PM

John,
Wonderful shot. I have yet to get that far processing. Wonderful week shooting together.

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