Great Grey Owl


Posted by Ken Newcombe on Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:09 pm

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This bird must be incredibly powerful to push that barn door of a head through the air. It reminds me of an old nose heavy rotary engined airplane.


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1/400 sec, f/4
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ISO: 400
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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:16 pm
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Another super cool owl shot. Y'all are killing me.
 

by Cindy Marple on Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:28 pm
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LOL the airplane analogy is so appropriate! Super image.
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by Steve Roman on Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:07 pm
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This is great, love the head through feet detail
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by john on Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:14 pm
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Absolutely beautiful! This belongs on a wall somewhere as big as it can go!
 

by Alan Murphy on Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:42 pm
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Just fantastic Ken.
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by Steve Metildi on Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:30 am
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This is a really cool shot Ken!

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by Mike Wilson on Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:44 am
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Beautiful Ken. Wow.
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by LHays on Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:19 am
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Terrific job, Ken!!
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by Georgina Salup on Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:51 am
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Great action shot of this Great Grey Owl! They look impressive in photos, I can't imagine in person. Congratulations.
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by Herman Blockx on Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:13 am
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very impressive flightshot!
 

by KK Hui on Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:25 am
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Incredible, Ken! :roll: :lol: :roll:
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by ebkw on Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:31 am
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Beautiful, Ken! Love the how the colour of the background mimics the owl.

You got the action and the focus where needed.
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by Hendrix on Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:40 am
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1/400 sec 8) I realy like the motion blur wing.
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by Peterh on Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:18 am
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What E.J. said....

This owl is the #1 owl I'd love to see, let alone shoot it decently... Seems you guys know where to do this.

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by Steve S on Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:15 am
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That's about the perfect combination of wing movement and body sharpness...very nice.
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by Miguel Lasa on Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:15 am
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great shot.I love hte blurred wing
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by cjw on Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:24 am
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Incredibly cool image! Great motion.

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by Steve Mason on Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:34 am
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I agree with E.J. , you guys are killing me too.

The dof here is perfect with razor sharp head and blurred wings.
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by Jim Neiger on Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:50 pm
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