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Deleted member 115 said:
Great Horned Owl ruffling his adult feathers at me tonight.
Sony A1 200-600mm
ƒ/6.3, 1/200 sec, ISO 12800
600mm

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Very grumpy looking, love it 👍👏
 
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PAUL50 said:
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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Paul, It came out great👍👍👍
 
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I absolutely loved this pose. Heavy crop though at almost 100%
Now I have to admit I have been cheating, this was at a place where they train birds and let them fly for us, but as I cannot seem to locate them in the wild, it was well worth the visit.
 
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One of my only owl pictures. My neighbors called me one night at dusk telling me there was an Owl in their back yard. I hope the ISO is listed, I'm curious since it was very dark and under a canopy. My naked eyes certainly didn't see the owl like this.


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We have a GHO nest near our house, so have been going out to watch the owlets as they branch (and hopefully soon start to fly). Have had some great looks at mama and papa as they go out to hunt at dusk. Below is one of the photos of papa GHO as it flew down to a low branch at the beginning of its hunt (it was the closest I have ever been to a GHO). Had to shoot at 1/50 to keep the ISO down (using a tripod and the Z9 and 800mm lens):

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Well, I have to find a new place to look at images and show some of mine with the demise of DPReview. I have always watched the work and advice that Steve Perry has given and I really like what I see in these forums. I'm here to enjoy the photography and also learn new things. For a start I thought I would add a few favorites of owls I have taken over the last year. I am a cotton farmer in West Texas and carry my camera with me most of the time. My house sits in the middle of a small pasture where I have prairie dogs and burrowing owls as neighbors.

The first shots are from a family of burrowing owls raised about 60 yards from my front door. The great horned owls are from a barn where I grew up and land that i farmed most of my life.


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Chappy said:
Well, I have to find a new place to look at images and show some of mine with the demise of DPReview. I have always watched the work and advice that Steve Perry has given and I really like what I see in these forums. I'm here to enjoy the photography and also learn new things. For a start I thought I would add a few favorites of owls I have taken over the last year. I am a cotton farmer in West Texas and carry my camera with me most of the time. My house sits in the middle of a small pasture where I have prairie dogs and burrowing owls as neighbors.

The first shots are from a family of burrowing owls raised about 60 yards from my front door. The great horned owls are from a barn where I grew up and land that i farmed most of my life.


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Very nice! Welcome to BCG
 
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