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RickL

Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

Caught as he was taking off.
There is a Great Horned Owl that claims our chimney as its hunting perch each night.
Lens: Nikon 70-300 FX...
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Caught as he was taking off.
There is a Great Horned Owl that claims our chimney as its hunting perch each night.
Lens: Nikon 70-300 FX
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camera

NIKON D7000

settings

settings

Aperture 28/5 ISO 500 Shutter 1/4000 Focal Length 70/1

upload_date

upload_date

Mar, 2017

Views

770

Likes

+197

Awards

Peer Choice Award

Peer Award

+67

Magnificent Capture

+36

Top Choice

+15

Superb Composition

+14

Absolute Masterpiece

+13

Outstanding Creativity

All Star

Superior Skill

Virtuoso

Emotions

Impressed

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Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

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Thank you. Caught the owl just taking off

Nice capture!

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Lovely image, great capture.

Beautiful!

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Thank you very much,you are very kind

Wonderful moment

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Thanks to each of you

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Bruz, thank you so much

awesome shot !!!

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Thank you Leslie

Platinum

Good work on the owl. I enjoy owls.

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Thank you very much,he flew about one foot over my head

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Thank you very much,he flew about one foot over my head

This is really beautiful. Congratulations on your award!

Absolutely Phenomenal Shot, Perfection

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Thank you very much,he flew about one foot over my head

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Thank you very much,you are very kind

Beautiful capture of the owls wingspan! Very impressive shooting Rick!

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Thank you so much

Powerful action shot!!!

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Thank you so much

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Gorgeous!!

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Thank you Pamela, he was just a few feet away and then brushed my head in his takeoff

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Superb capture Rick!

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Thank you very much, very exciting

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Nailed it ...!!! Really great work here ...!!!

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Thank you very much

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Very nice capture of this GHO

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Thank you very much

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Love this capture!

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Wow!!

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Thank you very much

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