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beautiful shots above, and yeah, something about the forward facing eyes, which are big, and the short bill, makes it impossible to not anthropormorphize them at least a little. and because they're dawn and dusk hunters, and hard to find, they're really hard to photograph, especially in flight, so kudos to those above. the exception to that is the burrowing owl, which is active during the day. here's my recent attempt to find/shoot them in flight ~3 months ago. sony a1, 600mm, 1/4000, f/5.6, ISO 1000, handheld. self critique: i wish it was flying just 1' higher, or that i had been 1' lower for the cleaner background, and that the sun angle was such that there was no shadow. oh well, there's always next year!
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HawkQuest presentation with Mike's Camera - I served as the official photographer for the event which allowed photographers to take shots of captured raptors. Allowed for some terrific portraits of owls that are difficult to get close to or to see in decent light.
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Mama Great Horned Owl teaching her young how to catch rabbits. Babies are out of the frame but watching nearby as Mama poses with a fur ball that was a rabbit a minute ago. Nikon D850 500mm f/4 ISO 280 (auto ISO) 1/1250 sec. Boulder County, Colorado.
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Here is a Great Horned Owl chick making its first landing after its first flight. It was very early morning. I heard a movement in the leaves so I quickly moved to get lined up. Since it was still dark I couldn't see when I looked thru the camera. So I switched the camera to 51 focus points, lined up the camera and fired. I have plenty of under exposed frames but where camera and flash sync'd here is the result. Nothing beats dumb luck.
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paulreinstein said:
beautiful shots above, and yeah, something about the forward facing eyes, which are big, and the short bill, makes it impossible to not anthropormorphize them at least a little. and because they're dawn and dusk hunters, and hard to find, they're really hard to photograph, especially in flight, so kudos to those above. the exception to that is the burrowing owl, which is active during the day. here's my recent attempt to find/shoot them in flight ~3 months ago. sony a1, 600mm, 1/4000, f/5.6, ISO 1000, handheld. self critique: i wish it was flying just 1' higher, or that i had been 1' lower for the cleaner background, and that the sun angle was such that there was no shadow. oh well, there's always next year!View attachment 47144
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Great shotWell done👍👍👍
 
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Barred owls with a mole.
Western Oregon 2015

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Sony Alpha 1 with 200-600mm f/6.3 ISO 640 1/800 sec. handheld shot at 444mm f/7.1 HawkQuest presentation to Mike's Camera summer of 2021. One of the largest owls in the world ranges over Europe and Asia and not found in North America. Incredibly aggressive and can overcome all raptors except Golden Eagles and above.
 
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This is a Great Horned Owl photographed at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in January 2023. It was shot in windy conditions with gusts up to 30mph and so I had to use 1/5000 sec to stop motion. Nikon Z9 with Nikkor AF-S 600mm f/4E and 1.4 TC in DX crop mode and further substantially cropped in post since this owl was a long way off. Once again, it is sharper on the computer and other sites not particularly sharp here despite downsizing to 960 on the long side.
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