Great Gray Owl in Your Face

Posted by Jimmy G on Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:01 pm

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I watched this Owl hunt for a while it would land on the ground after listening from a tree when it spotted me and my tripod it thought my flash would make a good perch. Unfortunately when I let go of the camera it wasn't locked down and it flew away so I didn't get the shot. This image was just before it landed on the flash.

Canon 1Dmk2 500mm f4, Tripod, Manual exposure incident meter 1/500 @ f4 Iso 400, Auto focus.

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by Matthew Whitley on Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:29 pm

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Unfreaking believable.

It landed on your flash?
Holy crap!

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by Michael Dossett on Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:40 pm

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whoa! I wonder what the deal is with its eye. Was it like that the whole time? Some sort of injury?

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by NDCheryl on Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:51 pm

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WOW!!!!

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by Chris Kayler on Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:55 pm

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Its the crazy bird of Minnesota! Check out the eye, very threatening!

Great shot.

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by kferris on Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:55 pm

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Jim,

I always wondered how you got the nickname "bird magnet".

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by Scott Fairbairn on Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:34 pm

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Talk about "in your face!", it looks like its winking at you!

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by Kristi Graham on Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:38 pm

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Maybe it thought your Better Beamer was enticing!!

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by Sidamo on Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:44 pm

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Interesting story and great shot. Don't miss the new Nat'l Geo's cover picture of GGO's.

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by Dennis Olivero on Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:49 pm

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by Terence P. Brashear on Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:06 pm

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Quasimodo Owl for sure. I think is a testiment to their hearing that this guy could survive with an eye like that.

Nice image.

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by Robert Sabin on Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:16 pm

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by KK Hui on Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:08 pm

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What an experience!
A wonderful shot, Jimmy!

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by Tomasz on Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:06 pm

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Interesting experience, Jimmy

Nice shot...

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by Mike Wilson on Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:27 am

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Such a cool story Jimmy and an even better image.

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by Steve Metildi on Tue Feb 01, 2005 2:12 am

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Fantastic James--hope he missed you.

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by Bob Ettinger on Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:32 am

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Jimmy,

So now you are using the camera/flash as a perch

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by Georgina Salup on Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:47 am

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Incredible! The eyes are impressive. The flying position beautiful.

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by Daniel M. on Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:24 am

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by fredcor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:10 am

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Incredible capture James, very well done. I had one fly toward me 3 weeks ago, I shot off 9 frames, not one was in focus. The 1DM2 couldn't keep up with focusing.

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