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Brian L

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Yeah, that's my truck. And yeah, that's my monopod that I conveniently leaned on the bumper.

As for the shot, not much in the way of depth of field.

Bet this raises a few questions.
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Monopod returned without a scratch. Three other photographers who happened upon Eric and me got some shots of me shooting Eric, me from about 20 feet away.

He‘s a very chill owl. After looking me over, he flew off into the trees, not to be seen again.

Cue the theme music from “Born Free.”
 
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Not to take away from your experience and picture, my owl friend "expert" said owls that come to people were most likely fed by humans. This often results in their untimely demise since they will follow cars coming in. I actually witnessed a peregrine falcon fly right to a car of a falconer who was excercising their falcon by taking it to a place and releasing pigeons that they bred for this purpose. The wild falcon had learned this and the falconer would bring extra pigeons which the wild falcon knew were easy prey.
 
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ricardo00 said:
Not to take away from your experience and picture, my owl friend "expert" said owls that come to people were most likely fed by humans. This often results in their untimely demise since they will follow cars coming in. I actually witnessed a peregrine falcon fly right to a car of a falconer who was excercising their falcon by taking it to a place and releasing pigeons that they bred for this purpose. The wild falcon had learned this and the falconer would bring extra pigeons which the wild falcon knew were easy prey.
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Yours isthe question I referred to in my original post.

That occurred to me too. I talked to the other photographers after the owl flew off and one said he’d photographed a guide baiting owls. There’s a large population of GGOs in this particular area so no reason at all to bait them. it’s highly unethical but they seem to get away with it despite being reported.

i started shooting the owl just after sunrise as he sat sunning and preening himself on a fencepost. He seemed pretty sleepy; made me think he’d just finished his morning hunt. Another owl was calling from the trees. i stayed with him over an hour before he approached; then flew off for good. I got a few other reasonable shots that I’ll post but nothing too exciting.
 
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Brian L said:
Yours isthe question I referred to in my original post.

That occurred to me too. I talked to the other photographers after the owl flew off and one said he’d photographed a guide baiting owls. There’s a large population of GGOs in this particular area so no reason at all to bait them. it’s highly unethical but they seem to get away with it despite being reported.

i started shooting the owl just after sunrise as he sat sunning and preening himself on a fencepost. He seemed pretty sleepy; made me think he’d just finished his morning hunt. Another owl was calling from the trees. i stayed with him over an hour before he approached; then flew off for good. I got a few other reasonable shots that I’ll post but nothing too exciting.
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Sorry must have missed your earlier post. Yep some guides do it, makes their job easier plus makes some of their clients happy to get shots with prey, etc so they get bigger tips. Not sure what one can do other than when booking a guide, asking if they bait?
 
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Too funny!! I showed it to my wife and made up a story. I said you were out in the woods all day and couldn’t find a thing. You came back to the truck and were putting your gear away when this owl landed on your tripod. She cracked up laughing! I may not be far from the truth!
 
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