Great Grey Owl (before and after)

Posted by Ken Newcombe on Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:52 pm

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These images are the same bird taken on the same day. The left image is the pose it adopts when resting or hunting, the right image is the pose it adopted when a dog approached within twenty feet of the bird. The bird contracted it's body and never blinked or moved until the dog had passed along. The dog never noticed the Owl.

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1/125 sec, f/5
Metering: Evaluative
ISO: 200
AF mode: One-shot AF
Flash: Off

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Red X for me

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by whf4 on Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:12 pm

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Ken,

that's fantastic pair of images; I am really impressed.

4 down, 2 to go.

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by ebkw on Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:15 pm

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Quite the difference in the stance, Ken. I haven't seen this tall skinny look. Well captured and thanks for sharing.

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by KK Hui on Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:19 pm

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Excellent behavior shots, Ken!
Thanks for sharing! :roll:

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by Ofer Levy on Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:48 pm

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This is awesome !!!

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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:54 pm

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Wow, that is very interesting!!!

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by Jerry Merrell on Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:02 pm

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Ken, I have seen my boxer approach within a few feet of a barred owl without realizing the bird was there. This is neat behavior shot.

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by LHays on Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:52 pm

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Ken
If you hadn't posted both images.....and given the details I would have been extremely puzzled. This is amazing. Great lesson.....and 2 great shots!!

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by john on Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:18 pm

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Very interesting behaviour and great shots

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by Cindy Marple on Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:58 pm

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I'm just getting the red X which is all I could ever get on your "gunslinger" post too- wonder why Eleanor and I cannot see anything but the thumbnails?

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by mcameron on Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:51 pm

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Cool behaviour! The "long thin" pose really accents the owl's face and eyes.

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:09 am

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I've seen many species of Owl do this. Looks like a different bird. Both great shots.

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by Steve Metildi on Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:10 am

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Wow, it almost looks like a sick bird in the second picture. Really interesting.

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by Ken Newcombe on Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:11 am

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ebkw wrote:Red X for me

I have no idea why you and Cindy cannot see the image, the syntax appears correct. I did note that on this and the last image I submitted I was getting the red x also the first time I submitted it though only the thumbnail would not show but the main image would load. I had to "edit" the submission and resubmit though no changes were made in the edit submission, this fixed the thumbnail. I will pass a note to tech on this

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by fredcor on Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:40 am

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WOW, Glad you posted. Like I said yesterday, I thought only Long-eared Owls did this.

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by Van Hilliard on Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:55 am

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Amazing contrast. Thanks for thinking of posting it this way. It's a wonderful behavioral sequence.

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by Harold Stiver on Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:13 am

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Very interesting, Ken. It's doing a fair imitation of a Potoo.

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by Paul Skoczylas on Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:52 am

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Nice comparison!

Incidentally, I got a red X at home on this, on several attempts to view it, but here at work I can see the picture.

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by AForns on Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:12 am

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Can't see the image Ken ?

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