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Motif: Barred Owl's dainty feet


Posted by ajhand on Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:36 pm

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For their size, these birds have pretty small feet. But I guess size doesn't matter. They are deadly hunters with the feet they have.

Canon 1D, 100-400 zoom, 1/500 @ f/8 ISO 400. Manual camera settings, manual flash (550 EX) at 1/8 power. Manual preset focus.

I cropped this out of an image with clipped wingtips.

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:48 pm
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Nice shot!! Great in your face catch here AJ. Love it!! 8) :)
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by Bill Whala on Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:09 pm
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This is awesome, AJ!! Those feet are killer.

I'm really enjoying seeing everyone's interpretation of this week's theme.
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by Penney Goodwin on Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:09 pm
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Really good to see you post, AJ - this is a fabulous shot - I love it!
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by Alan Murphy on Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:16 pm
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Great shot showing how he could actually pick up an ant with those feet.
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by LHays on Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:18 pm
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Dainty....but deadly. Great shot....and one that is perfect for the motif. I like the symmetry of this as well.
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by AlexC on Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:03 pm
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I must say that dainty they are not, I had the privileged of seeing them at close range, perched and with prey in tow, their grasp is close to 4-5 inches when fully expanded, extremely powerful legs & forearms as well!!,

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Excellent capture, great timing, excellent flash work and nice composition to boot, A wonderful image!!!
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by Mike Wilson on Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:28 pm
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AlexC wrote:Image: Excellent capture, great timing, excellent flash work and nice composition to boot, A wonderful image!!!
What Alex said. 8)
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by Jerry Merrell on Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:48 pm
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AJ, I have enjoyed your barred owl flight shots. This is a nice motif image.
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by Juli Wilcox on Wed Feb 11, 2004 7:26 pm
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Great feet; very interesting perspective and a nicely done photo. :)
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by Dennis Olivero on Wed Feb 11, 2004 8:20 pm
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awesome aj, I always enjoy your work!
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by Rob Palmer on Wed Feb 11, 2004 9:49 pm
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A fraction of a second later and those feet would not be so small. A great catch. I'm envious.
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by Chris Valentine on Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:18 pm
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Nicely done, love the comp.
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