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Barred Owl ~

Barred Owl ~

Shot taken at Howell Nature Center.

Shot taken at Howell Nature Center.
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camera

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/160

upload_date

upload_date

Jan, 2014

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6048

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Awards

Chatter Award

Winner in HOOTERS!!! Photo Challenge

Contest Finalist

Judge Favorite

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Absolute Masterpiece

+112

Superb Composition

+103

Top Choice

+93

Peer Award

+56

Magnificent Capture

+27

Jaw Dropping

+26

All Star

+12

Superior Skill

+7

Outstanding Creativity

+5

Great Find

+1

Exceptional Contrast

+1

Genius

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One Of A Kind

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Great shot :)

love the bokeh

Platinum

Beautiful!

Excellent capture!

very nice

well deserved, the colors are stunning.

PRO+

Wow!

Beautiful capture.

Beautiful!

Thanks to all for the wonderful comments !

Ultimate

absolutely amazing capture and shot

Nice diagonal line with the branch & good composition !

Thanks so much !

Congrats on your Judge's Fave...wonderful image!

Excellent shot!

nice!

Awesome Photo!!!

What a beautiful shot! Love the curious look on its face... Stunning bird!

Thanks so very much ! I really appreciate your wonderful comments !
Renee

Superb shot, stunning really!

Thanks so much !

Amaging capture!

Very very nice. Beautiful colors. What an amazing opportunity.Well deserved.

excellent

Great shot

PRO+

Magnificent!

Congrats! job verywell done!
Have to agree with all of the above (0:

Beautiful catch!

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fantastic capture...congrats on the award.

awesom

Amazing shot! Love it!

Cracking shot, beautifully taken with a great background.

Premium

Gorgeous!

Beautiful.

This one Lady loved Owls, though NOT when they ruffled their feathers. You can see the orange flesh behind the 4 claws.

Great photo, well captured.

beautiful

PRO+

Fantastic focus & sharpness. One of the best I've seen.

Ultimate

Beautiful shot on a beautiful creature!!

Thanks so very much for all of the wonderful comments !
Renee

PRO+

stunning...wonderful capture

Nice

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Hands, down this has to be one of the best owl photos EVER! Well done!

Beautiful shot! Congratulations on the Judges Favorite! Well deserved

Stunning wildlife image.Congrats

This is beautiful! Awesome composition, color and detail. Great shot!

Ultimate

beautiful image!

PRO

Great image!

Great shot

Outstanding!

Ultimate

Congrats on your award. Great stunning photo. Awesome colors and composition.

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Beautiful!

Gorgeous!

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awesome

WOW!

I love the autumnal colours !

Thanks so very much !

well heres lookin at you kid,great photo too,lol

Thanks so much !

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Ecellent!!!

Thanks so much !

This is worthy of National Geographic !!! Congratulations !

Thanks so very much !

Platinum

Magnificent capture! Wow! Congrats on being a finalist!

Thanks so very much ! I am thrilled !

Platinum

Voted again for this astounding shot.

Platinum

Love this shot - everything about it - stunning! Congrats again!

Congratulations! Well deserved. You sure have a great variety of feathered friends

This truly a classic. Photo--------Art!!!

a beauty

One of the best birds in whole world.

Oh wow, love that pose.

Stunning capture!

Gorgeous shot!

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Renee, Great feather detail, background diffusion and catch light in the eyes.

Thanks so much for your wonderful comments Brian !

Amazing capture, love the colors, attitude, mood...

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