Great Grey Owls (7 pics)

[davev]

We drove about 90 miles north to find a Great Grey Owl.
We found 7. I got shots of 5 of them.

D Reb with the Sigma 80-400 o.s.

#1

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770693.jpg


#2

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770694.jpg


Me getting a pic of # 3 (taken with a Canon S1 IS with 1.6 t.c.)

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770695.jpg


The pic that I was taking. #3

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770699.jpg

#4 Sitting on a post, next to a 2 lane blacktop road. I was 15 feet from it.

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770696.jpg

#5. He's cleaning up.

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770697.jpg

#5. Done cleaning, just kickin back.

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770698.jpg


Well, that's about it.
Thanks for looking.

dave.

[rahmonster]

great shots. I really like #2 with the blue sky behind him. Doesn't he look like a serious fellow?

[Harryb]

We drove about 90 miles north to find a Great Grey Owl.
We found 7. I got shots of 5 of them.

D Reb with the Sigma 80-400 o.s.
Thanks for looking.

dave.
Hey Dave,

Outstanding shots. I've been hearing good things about the Sigma 80-400 lens and these pics sure back that up. Excellent work. :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

[Andy]

beautiful owl

nice work.

[windoze]

i am so jealous!!! I love owl pictures! I wish i had owls near me - i wish i knew if i had owls near me.... anyway great captures!


troy

We drove about 90 miles north to find a Great Grey Owl.
We found 7. I got shots of 5 of them.

D Reb with the Sigma 80-400 o.s.

#1

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770693.jpg


#2

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770694.jpg


Me getting a pic of # 3 (taken with a Canon S1 IS with 1.6 t.c.)

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770695.jpg


The pic that I was taking. #3

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770699.jpg

#4 Sitting on a post, next to a 2 lane blacktop road. I was 15 feet from it.

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770696.jpg

#5. He's cleaning up.

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770697.jpg

#5. Done cleaning, just kickin back.

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770698.jpg


Well, that's about it.
Thanks for looking.

dave.

[wxwax]

Really, really nice shots, Dave. Super crisp, too. Nice work, man. :thumb

[Dixie]

They're all great, but that number 3 just reaches out and grabs you. :thumb

[davev]

great shots. I really like #2 with the blue sky behind him. Doesn't he look like a serious fellow?
The fifth one was the most serious. I made a cooing sound like a morning
dove and he locked on to me instantly.

Thanks for looking.

dave/

[windoze]

you take awesome images but I got to tell ya... you dont look like you are one to coo like a dove......

troy
The fifth one was the most serious. I made a cooing sound like a morning
dove and he locked on to me instantly.

Thanks for looking.

dave/

[davev]

Hey Dave,

Outstanding shots. I've been hearing good things about the Sigma 80-400 lens and these pics sure back that up. Excellent work. :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap
Thanks Harry. The lens worked pretty well, I had a few duds, but I should
maybe expect that.

I was hoping to get one in flight, but you can walk right up to em. I think
they're used to people taking their pictures.:D

dave.

[davev]

beautiful owl

nice work.
Thanks andy.

dave.

[davev]

i am so jealous!!! I love owl pictures! I wish i had owls near me - i wish i knew if i had owls near me.... anyway great captures!


troy
We were hoping to maybe get lucky and find a couple of different types
of owls on our little ride, but it didn't happen.

We saw:
7 great grey owls
5 deer (pictures didn't turn out)
1 coyote (saw it in a field while going 70mph, no chance for a pic)
and one golden eagle (we think, it had all the marking as the one in our book)

I think it was a good day.

Thanks Troy.

dave.

[davev]

Really, really nice shots, Dave. Super crisp, too. Nice work, man. :thumb
Thanks Sid.

dave.

[davev]

They're all great, but that number 3 just reaches out and grabs you. :thumb
Thanks Dixie. #3 turned out pretty well.

dave.

[davev]

you take awesome images but I got to tell ya... you dont look like you are one to coo like a dove......

troy
You'd be amazed at what I'll say (or do) to get what I want.:wink

dave.

[Tim Kirkwood]

I have looked at this set three times now.:clap :clap :clap They are wonderful!



Thanks for sharing!


Tim

[davev]

I have looked at this set three times now.:clap :clap :clap They are wonderful!

Thanks for sharing!

Tim
Thanks Tim, I'm glad you liked them.

dave.

[tmlphoto]

Very nice Dave. Great work.

[ian408]

I like #4. Nice close up.

All great shots. Good work!

Ian

[pathfinder]

Great shots Dave!! Harry is going to be so jealous :D :D

[davev]

Very nice Dave. Great work.
Thanks Thomas.

dave.

[davev]

I like #4. Nice close up.

All great shots. Good work!

Ian
Thanks Ian. They're quite photogenic.:D

dave.

[fish]

Wow...great shots! And in the middle of the day too! Well done. :bow











yer avatar, on the other hand, skeers me... :uhoh

[davev]

Great shots Dave!! Harry is going to be so jealous :D :D

Thanks Path, ( I don't know your real name )

I doubt that Harry will jealous, he'll just put up great pic after great pic after
great pic to bring me back down to earth.:D

dave.

[Lucky Hack]

UNBELIEVABLE! That's an amazing set of shots. Last time I saw some that close they just sat there too, It's wierd how they just hang out and watch, they must be true predators, I'm sure they're the top of their food chain...
Keep 'em comin'

hoping this message finds you well -Ian

[bfjr]

Man O Man those are awsome, can't even pick one there all great!! :thumb :thumb :thumb

Something struck me on the last one, showed my wife we just started :rofl :rofl , he's crosseyed!!:rofl :rofl

[davev]

Wow...great shots! And in the middle of the day too! Well done. :bowThanks fish. It had to be the middle of the day, I ain't getting up early on
the weekend.:):



yer avatar, on the other hand, skeers me... :uhohThis from a shark. You're killin me.:rofl

dave.

[davev]

UNBELIEVABLE! That's an amazing set of shots. Last time I saw some that close they just sat there too, It's wierd how they just hang out and watch, they must be true predators, I'm sure they're the top of their food chain...
Keep 'em comin'

hoping this message finds you well -Ian
Thanks Ian. I one on the post was only about 4 to 5 feet off of the ground,
I almost thought about reaching out to it, then I had a vision of pulling
back a bloody stump, I kept my hands on my camera.:D

Thanks for looking.

dave.

[davev]

Man O Man those are awsome, can't even pick one there all great!! :thumb :thumb :thumb

Something struck me on the last one, showed my wife we just started , he's crosseyed!!
Thanks.
All the owls that we saw looked cross-eyed.:dunno

dave.

[ehughes]

Awesome Shots, where were they taken?

Ed

[davev]

Awesome Shots, where were they taken?

EdThanks Ed.

We were just north of Hinckley Minnesota. (about 80 miles north of the twin cities)

dave.

[Angelo]

nice set D. #1 is particularly good, especially how that cable cap mimics the owls mask. any way you can make the tree branches disappear?

[Seamus]

Great shots Dave :thumb


Shay

[davev]

nice set D. #1 is particularly good, especially how that cable cap mimics the owls mask. any way you can make the tree branches disappear?
Thanks Angelo.

Yeah, I can clean it up a bit.

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40837015.jpg


Thanks for looking.

dave.

[davev]

Great shots Dave :thumb


Shay
Thanks Shay.

dave.

[gubbs]

Beautiful shots :thumb

If anyone's interested, National Geographic recently did an article on Great Grey Owls (http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0502/feature4/), I think it was in the Feb magazine.

[wxwax]

Beautiful shots :thumb

If anyone's interested, National Geographic recently did an article on Great Grey Owls (http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0502/feature4/), I think it was in the Feb magazine.
Good stuff. And Dave's pics compare favorably with any in that article, and IMHO some are better. Nice job Davev!

[gubbs]

Good stuff. And Dave's pics compare favorably with any in that article, and IMHO some are better. Nice job Davev! Yep, I agree :clap

The guy in the article warned that the owls get pretty aggresive when they have young and will attack anything that approaches the nest (even bears!). He compared an attack to been hit with a piece of 2x2 with nails sticking out of it!

[davev]

Good stuff. And Dave's pics compare favorably with any in that article, and IMHO some are better. Nice job Davev!
sid, you're to kind. Thanks.

dave.

[davev]

Yep, I agree :clap

The guy in the article warned that the owls get pretty aggresive when they have young and will attack anything that approaches the nest (even bears!). He compared an attack to been hit with a piece of 2x2 with nails sticking out of it!Thanks for the link.

I got pretty close to a couple of them. They didn't seem to mind it.
I think that these owls are getting used to humans by now. The news has
been talking about them weekly, and a lot of folks have been taking their pictures.
Every time we stopped the car to take a picture, at least one more car
stopped to do the same thing.

Thanks again gubbs.

dave.

[sash]

excellent set of shots, dave... love owls and can't remember when i last saw one, lol. i moved to wyoming a couple of years ago and dunno if we even have any around here :scratch
thanks for sharing these,
sash

[davev]

excellent set of shots, dave... love owls and can't remember when i last saw one, lol. i moved to wyoming a couple of years ago and dunno if we even have any around here :scratch
thanks for sharing these,
sash

Thanks for looking sash.

dave.

[Steve Cavigliano]

Very nice Dave :thumb :thumb I have checked out quite a few Great Gray pics lately and i have to agree with Sid and Gubbs, yours are right up there :clap :clap


Good color, very sharp and really nice detail.


Thanks for sharing them,
Steve

[Kirwin]

Fantastic series. Partial to image 1... great texture and tones. Thanks for sharin'.



We drove about 90 miles north to find a Great Grey Owl.
We found 7. I got shots of 5 of them.

D Reb with the Sigma 80-400 o.s.

#1

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770693.jpg


#2

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770694.jpg


Me getting a pic of # 3 (taken with a Canon S1 IS with 1.6 t.c.)

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770695.jpg


The pic that I was taking. #3

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770699.jpg

#4 Sitting on a post, next to a 2 lane blacktop road. I was 15 feet from it.

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770696.jpg

#5. He's cleaning up.

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770697.jpg

#5. Done cleaning, just kickin back.

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/40770698.jpg


Well, that's about it.
Thanks for looking.

dave.

[davev]

Very nice Dave :thumb :thumb I have checked out quite a few Great Gray pics lately and i have to agree with Sid and Gubbs, yours are right up there :clap :clap
Good color, very sharp and really nice detail.
Thanks for sharing them,
Steve

Thanks for looking Steve. I appreciate the comments.

dave.

[davev]

Fantastic series. Partial to image 1... great texture and tones. Thanks for sharin'.
Thanks Kirwin. I'm glad folks enjoyed looking at them.

dave.