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Zenith Award
Creative Winter Award
Curator's Selection
Top Shot Award 21
2020 Choice Award
Contest Finalist in My Favorite Pet Photo Contest
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Contest Finalist in Friendly Pets Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Everything Nature Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Our Natural World Photo Contest
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Contest Finalist in Monthly Pro Vol 17 Photo Contest
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KatieMcKinneyPhotography
December 23, 2015
Congratulations on the win! Well deserved, i was rooting for you!
BOULENGER
December 23, 2015
Congrats on being a finalist. I am curious : what is your secret with your dog and your owl? How are they so friendly?
mrlarrys
December 24, 2015
Love the contrast and capturing the connection to source. We are all connected. Congratulations!
Dave_B
January 02, 2016
Absolutely fantastic photo. Who won the stare down contest the dog or the owl.
Pblais
January 18, 2016
The convergence of amazing moment meets photographer at the ready! They call that magic!
SnowbunnyPhotography
February 05, 2016
LOL! How adorable is this? :-) Amazing capture! Congrats on the awards. :-)
shutterbug12
February 09, 2016
This photo is so amazing that the owl just stayed there for the German Shepard. Wonderful
birder2
November 23, 2016
It deserved past awards and any it will pick up here. WOW, unbelivable content. Love!
claudiomerlo
December 17, 2016
This struck me for the lucky shot and the intensity of the study between the two animals with the gaze deeply investigate their forms and their minds.
StevenBursell
December 24, 2016
Extremely well done and a very fine example of patience and photo know how.
ByRenee
April 26, 2018
Absolutely gorgeous. I love the way you have captured the trust between the two animals. well done.
jeffgauthier
January 01, 2021
How in the world did you capture this scene???? 😆😅👍 I love this picture!!! Awesome shot!!!
frankdavid_5889
October 02, 2022
How did you manage to take this photo wow it's amazing 😍😍😍 you're really good in this photography
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Behind The Lens
Location
The photo was taken outside, at the edge of the wood, near Düsseldorf, Germany. When I go out, to have a walk, I have always my camera with me and my animals. If they want to interact, I want to fix this with the camera.Time
I went out at 12 noon and the weather was fine. We wanted to go to a great lost place, which was an old sand bunker, to enjoy the day. But when we arrived there, we saw, that they made a high palisade around the whole area. So we wanted to walk back on the other side but the way was very long and no, it starts bad weather and rain. We made a rest on this tree and Ingo and Poldi had a discussion ;-) They where tired. It was 16 o clock afternoon, when shooting the picture.Lighting
In this moment, the light wasn't very good. And Ingo und Poldi wasn't in good mood. But they want to share their bad mod with another and so the expression of the picture was more valuable for me, then the good light before.Equipment
I am using always Nikon. My pics, I am taking with the Nikon D4 and most of the pics I shot with the Nikkor 70-200mm, 2.8 No flash, Tripod or something else. I am making my pics all alone with my animals and I am mostly far away (200 mm) from them. So they can interact if they want.Inspiration
The love and the big friendship between my animals and me and the love to the photographyEditing
Yes, I am taking my pics in RAW. So I convert them in Adobe Lightroom. Some pics, I improve also in Photoshop, for warmer colours, lights....In my camera bag
I have in my bag my Nikon D4, with the Nikkor 70-200mm, 2.8. Also some extra memory cards. An extra Accu. The Nikkor 50mm, 1.8 and sometimes the Nikkor 14-24mm, 2.8 or the Nikkor 105mm, 2.8 Macro. And a ball for my dog, Ingo.Feedback
The advice for my kind of photography is not so easy, because the biggest advice is, to let the animals trust in you. Trust in each other. So that they want to work with you, want to be with you and that they have fun. I am very quiet and let them interact, so I only shoot the moments.