Great Horned Owl-Chick

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Great Horned Owl-Chick
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Copyright: Doug Brown (dB_grafix) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 421 W: 9 N: 580] (2665)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-04
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D200, AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-E
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/160 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-05-11 23:35
Viewed: 434
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Fledged Great Horned Owl chick up on it's own perch. There is 3 of them at this location, along with both parents.
Young owls begin short flights at about 8 weeks after hatching. The parent owls feed the young into the fall; at which time the young owls begin to hunt on their own. At this point they leave the territory of the parents.

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Hello Doug,

Beautiful picture of this owl. Good POV, DOF and sharpness. I like the texture of the feathers on the belly. Great light and colours.
Cheers,
Mariki

Hallo Doug
A lovely photograph of this Great Horned Owl chick. I think if I ever get the opportunity to photograph a bird as beautiful as this, I’ll be so fascinated by their beauty, I might forget to push the button to snap it at the right time. Just looking at this photo I am so astounded by the wonderful detail of its eyes, the baby fluff on its plumage, the fine feathers on the front of its face and the gorgeous and dainty looking ears. This is great close up and portrait, well presented. Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed looking at it.
Kind regards
Anna

hello Doug

excellent close shot of the chick of the Great Horned Owl,
fine POV, i love your appropriate vertical framing,
excellent sharpness and details and a great eye-contact, TFS

Asbed

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1133 W: 259 N: 2398] (10775)
  • [2008-05-12 8:16]

Hi Doug,

A nice capture of this youngster although I think the focus is more on the needles as on the eyes of this owl,anyway it must have been a pleasure to see three of this chicks,tfs

Paul

nice and cute, TFS Ori

Splendida immagine di rapace notturno, ottimi POV dal basso e taglio compositivo verticale, buona nitidezza, molto belli e naturali i colori. Grazie e complimenti. Ciao Maurizio

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1250 W: 103 N: 4157] (18915)
  • [2008-05-12 17:23]

Hello Doug, what a great capture! That young one is something! Thanks for sharing!

Mario

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  • RP1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 152 W: 0 N: 125] (1828)
  • [2008-05-12 19:12]

Salut Doug,
Super cette photo! Composition et couleurs sont très jolis.
Felicitation,
Roger

Hello Doug,
Beautiful photo of this Great Horned owl. Excellent sharp details and a very good POV. Nice eye-contact. Beautiful natural colours.
Regards,
Peter

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2686 W: 67 N: 9202] (28772)
  • [2008-05-20 21:11]

Hello Doug

Well done on this shot.the pov is terrific.
A wonderful full frame of this fuzzy young owlet.
Wonderful eye detail and contact.
The plumage shows well with lovely detail and colours.
Nicely composed.
Great camera work.
TFS

Rob

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