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Great Grey Owl



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Approach with landing gear down

Approach with landing gear down
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20 Comments |
eastonh PRO
 
eastonh April 09, 2013
AWESOME SHOT! LOVE THE ANGLE.
Hari_Subagio
 
Hari_Subagio April 10, 2013
superb Skill . coll great capture very shap
gunners42 PRO+
 
gunners42 April 11, 2013
Awesome....capture! Nicely done!
cmorisset PRO+
 
cmorisset June 17, 2013
Majestic!
lajtshika
 
lajtshika July 17, 2013
wow...
SherranAndersen
 
SherranAndersen August 23, 2013
I think I would be hitting the deck rather than trying to get a photo lol. Great action shot.
t33tjt
 
t33tjt September 03, 2013
Great image.
photosue50
 
photosue50 September 03, 2013
Awesome
mdriley00 Platinum
 
mdriley00 September 04, 2013
Very nice
allisonfaustbranson Platinum
 
allisonfaustbranson September 04, 2013
Wow! Wonderful shot! I love it!
Arzhtatiana
 
Arzhtatiana September 04, 2013
Awesome capture!
Dan_Kinghorn Platinum
 
Dan_Kinghorn September 12, 2013
Fantastic! The perfect shutter speed to boot! Very well done!
kirksmallwood
 
kirksmallwood October 11, 2013
Unbelievable!!!!
jojoxena
 
jojoxena November 29, 2013
Fantastic capture!
debrarote PRO+
 
debrarote December 09, 2013
GREAT !!!
shagen
 
shagen January 09, 2015
What a spooky face...
suzanewhitney
 
suzanewhitney March 19, 2015
Very cool shot Jeffrey!
charlenecampbell-wood Platinum
 
charlenecampbell-wood March 19, 2015
Superb!
texaaronpueschel Platinum
 
texaaronpueschel May 04, 2015
This one gets it!! Perfect timing. Wonderful capture of the undercarriage. Nice color and detail.
dawnraftery
 
dawnraftery June 12, 2016
Incredible capture....Wow!
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Behind The Lens

Location

In fields behind the Saint Genevieve cemetery near Montreal Canada.

Time

This was early morning

Lighting

Luckily for this shot the sun was directly behind me allowing a higher shutter speed

Equipment

Sony Cybershot DSC HX1

Inspiration

I was following the Great Grey Owls around my area. They are an amazing bird and allow close human proximity.

Editing

Maybe in this case a little sharpening and adding some extra contrast.

In my camera bag

Sony Cybershot DSC HX 1 and a teleconverter 1.7 times.

Feedback

As with all bird and animal photography for me the need is to have great patience and visit the same areas often, especially when you know they have the species you are interested in.

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